The Vertical Workshops as a methodological tool in the teaching of Architecture

An experience

Abstract

This work presents a very innovative pedagogical, methodological and didactic experience developed over several years in the Architecture Career of the Faculty of Constructions, of the "Marta Abreu" Central University of Las Villas in Cuba, between 2014 and 2020. The objective is to show the experience of the vertical workshop of the year 2016, in the context of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the city of San Juan de los Remedios, one of the 8 founding towns of Cuba. The 5-finalist works were taken from a total of 10 participating teams that involved 30 students and recent graduates. The work is a descriptive investigation, the projects carried out and all the documentation provided by each team were used, the bibliographic sources on the selected and starting topics were reviewed, images are shown to offer the final results that assess the fulfillment of the objectives set For the workshop, among them that the ideas proposals were dynamic and fresh, of response as immediate action, teamwork in the vertical of the career, among others. The conclusions make clear the incalculable value that students have in formulating dynamic and innovative project proposals, in specifying diverse programs and the validity of work vertically in the architecture degree, where everyone contributes and learns, under the guidance of the teacher.