Facultad de Arquitecturahttp://hdl.handle.net/10757/6211722024-03-29T06:51:20Z2024-03-29T06:51:20ZBack to the Face-to-Face classroom: instructors' perceptions on students' performanceDreifuss-Serrano, CristinaSchreier-Barreto, Christopherhttp://hdl.handle.net/10757/6695992023-12-08T01:50:25Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZBack to the Face-to-Face classroom: instructors' perceptions on students' performance
Dreifuss-Serrano, Cristina; Schreier-Barreto, Christopher
After almost two years of exclusive online formats for higher education, students recently returned to campus and face-to-face activities. Even though this was much awaited, the perceived results from the instructors' point of view seem to show that students are not as prepared as they were in face-to-face environments before the pandemic. Using a survey, we obtain information on the perceptions of studio instructors, in several universities in Lima, Peru. Asking questions about students' performances in the specific parts of the process, and about the instructors' perceptions of their own attitudes and methods, we established which specific aspects seemed to have been most affected by the changes in education format. Most instructors agree that students' performance has worsened after going back to face-to-face classrooms, when compared to their teaching before the pandemic. We take this opportunity to reflect on the transitions from physical to virtual and back to physical environments, and the opportunities they present for reflection and evaluation on our teaching approaches.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZSDGs for the assessment of voluntourism learning experiencesDreifuss-Serrano, CristinaHerrera, Pablo C.http://hdl.handle.net/10757/6692402023-11-07T17:23:02Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZSDGs for the assessment of voluntourism learning experiences
Dreifuss-Serrano, Cristina; Herrera, Pablo C.
Problem Based Learning (PBL) strategies aim to close the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world situations, especially in higher education. Studying six experiences of voluntourism (volunteer tourism) carried out in Lima, Peru, and the previously established tasks and stages of such projects, we propose a way of approaching Sustainable Development Goals to real-life pedagogical experiences. SDGs are used not only as objectives, but also as assessment tools for both projects and teaching opportunities, while becoming real part of the curricula.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZWood wide web design. A computational model to adapt the cities design with mycorrhizal networksReategui, Jose L.http://hdl.handle.net/10757/6692392023-11-07T17:19:49Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZWood wide web design. A computational model to adapt the cities design with mycorrhizal networks
Reategui, Jose L.
The design and construction of architectural objects and cities design seeks to relate to their environment through local data collection systems that understand the environment as a static system related with bio dynamics where trees represent a community with low interaction. It was demonstrated that almost all forests in the world are communities with trees in constant communication through mycorrhiza fungi, forming an essential part of the forest's livelihood, its resilience, and ability to adapt to human intervention events. This research proposes a computational model designed to incorporate vectors into a parametric design system with the aim of showing nutrient flows based in the link between trees and mycorrhiza fungi in project intervention areas and existing construction, connecting the cities design proposals and building and cities performance analysis with the objectives of contribute to conserving, protecting, and restoring life on earth in a post-carbon era from architecture, urban design, and landscaping. These vectors are the result of the analysis of orchid health and the use satellite images in different bands, all this process is supported by machine learning, Internet of Things, edge and cloud computing technologies.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZPromoting early childhood development through built environment transformations: lessons from the safe route project in Lima, PeruCepero-Saravia, JoseDreifuss-Serrano, CristinaOrtigoza, Anahttp://hdl.handle.net/10757/6691892023-11-06T15:48:41Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZPromoting early childhood development through built environment transformations: lessons from the safe route project in Lima, Peru
Cepero-Saravia, Jose; Dreifuss-Serrano, Cristina; Ortigoza, Ana
Early childhood development is crucial for children’s growth and long-term outcomes. In Peru, the government has made investments in education and health, aiming to support child development programs. However, more work is needed in other areas to ensure all children can thrive. This paper explores the potential of interventions in the built environment as a relatively unexplored area that could benefit child’s development. We present the implementation of the ‘Safe Route to the “Mercedarias” daycare’ project as a successful experience for promoting child-friendly cities. The project involved collaboration among mid-level officers and frontline workers within a large municipality’s organizational structure. The strategies we used allowed us to build a working group willing to collaborate on further projects. The process was successful without requiring additional expenses beyond regular costs. Officers that had never been involved before felt engaged with the initiative while testimonies from caregivers indicated positive outputs. The case study could serve as an example to other cities of a successful model for promoting early childhood development in cities by engaging stakeholders at all levels in the identification of challenges faced by young children and caregivers while underscoring the importance of investing in urban environment interventions for improving children’s growth.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZVisual Programming for Teaching Geometry in Architectural EducationHerrera, Pablo C.Hurtado, MichaelArteaga-Juárez, Pedrohttp://hdl.handle.net/10757/6680732023-06-28T15:18:08Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZVisual Programming for Teaching Geometry in Architectural Education
Herrera, Pablo C.; Hurtado, Michael; Arteaga-Juárez, Pedro
Mathematicians and computational designers from a School of Architecture, explore visual programming in the environment of a design software with exercises of a basic mathematics course to overcome the limitations of hand drawing and computerized representation of geometry. We link the learning of geometry, which was associated with abstract aspects of mathematics, with the possibilities of solving design problems in the same environment that students use to design with technologies. Visual programming allowed to create and reuse formulas that modeled variations of different exercises, preparing the model for visualization and digital fabrication with 3D printing and laser cutting. This research promotes a learning experience using algorithms and personalized computer graphics throughout design learning and to value the use of mathematics to explore geometric possibilities in design problems.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTransformation by appropriation of the free planned spaces in the Neighborhood Unit No 3Campos-García Calderón, Inés MagdalenaOlivera Mendoza, Doralizahttp://hdl.handle.net/10757/6608942022-09-08T03:17:32Z2022-05-01T00:00:00ZTransformation by appropriation of the free planned spaces in the Neighborhood Unit No 3
Campos-García Calderón, Inés Magdalena; Olivera Mendoza, Doraliza
The Neighborhood Unit No 3 (UV3) was an approach to social housing based on the theory of the Neighborhood-Unit and the Satellite City, where Planned Open Spaces (POS) were relevant for the health and community development of the population. These were occupied and their physical-architectural characteristics were transformed. The objective of this research was to identify the transformation by appropriation of POS in UV3. Using a qualitative approach, a graphical comparative analysis of the original approach versus the current situation, documentary analysis and field observation were carried out. Changes were found identified based on the placement of material elements to delimit and subdivide spaces, and the incorporation of these to the residential space, changes in the use from collective green area to the individual space of the adjoining house, and the placement of symbolic elements of recognition. All of which result in different types of appropriation: according to the agent, the nature, and the consequences. It is concluded that the transformation of the POS from the original approach has been possible due to the disproportionate size of their areas, and is the result of different forms of appropriation that have generated an informal urban profile.
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