Other views on teaching in architecture: Latin American collectives in the first decades of the 21st century

Abstract

This article addresses with the work of three Latin American architectural groups, during the first decades of the 21st century, which challenge disciplinary autonomy through the co-production of architecture and knowledge. It is proposed to work on the relationship between its ways of doing and the link of its members with architecture teaching, considering that many of these are university teachers. An attempt is made to understand how these ways of doing, which make visible changes in the role, objectives and concerns of the architect, establish a dialectical relationship with their ways of teaching architecture. It is questioned on how his participation, within the universities, could be linked to changes within their educational programs and, consequently, influence the professional profile of future architects. Their methodological work strategies are characterized here to later delve into the relationship with their proposals in university curricular spaces, from the work with primary sources of the groups and the realization of ad-hoc interviews. The main guides for this work are the collective's way of working, the academic training of its main members, and the didactic and thematic resources they choose to work as teachers.