This paper was presented at a “Red” whose members are working on housing at an academic level in the south part of Latin America. In Argentina, in spite of the fact that almost half its inhabitants have housing problems in different degrees, housing as a topic has a minor representation in the schools of architecture. Except for a Masters in Habitat and Housing (universities of Mar del Plata and Rosario) and lectures in the career of social studies, the “red” is made of lectures which are mainly optional. The topic is therefore considered to have no relevance other than being just developing new academic structures since we are convinced that changing the current career is a lost case, since all these years have proved that it is very difficult to change the degree of the architecture career. Quite the contrary, these careers tend to deepen their specialisation. This counter sense implies that public universities support a promotion system for a traditionally élite career in a massive way. This fact is only possible through stretching the teaching of a technical bachelor leading to a degree which despite being a devaluated promotion in social hierarchy, is still very attractive.
Author Biography
Raúl Fernández Wagner
Arquitecto. Ph.D. Candidate en Architectural Association, Londres
Fernández Wagner, R. (2001). The Study of Developed Environments and Research on Habitat and Housing. A New Framework for the Promotion of Transdisciplinarity. Revista INVI, 16(43). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2001.62253
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