Construction of Meaning: Rhyme of Theory and Practice in the First Year of Architecture

Abstract

Without fear of being wrong, we can affirm that university education in architecture has its most critical moments at the beginning and at the end of the degree. Numerous studies, research and work of various kinds have been dedicated to the final stage of graduation, especially when a school has had to undergo a curricular change or follow an accreditation process. It is not trivial that, from a pedagogical basis, the formation of the architect today begins in the context of the university. A school, in this sense, is at the same time a campus and a cultural climate, that is, a place and a time. This means that in the architect's training there has always been a concern to know and understand, from a proper place, the idea system that each time has. This article aims to show the vision, possibilities and efforts that Professor Fernando Pérez Oyarzun has made to generate an early link between theory and practice in university teaching of architecture in a Latin American context.