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ADU_2020 Workshop assessment

Competence

1. Awareness of the cultural function of Architecture

35 svarande

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2»		0		0%
3»		5		14%
4»		16		45%
5»		14		40%

Genomsnitt: 4.25

- In order to design attractive buildings, the cultural function of architecture is a value often forgotten,almost as if it was a matter of mere appearance. » (5)

2. Awareness of the social function of Architecture and of how the architect can contribute ideas to the society to improve habitats.

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2»		0		0%
3»		2		5%
4»		10		28%
5»		23		65%

Genomsnitt: 4.6

3. Skill in designing building and/or urban development projects that blend with the surrounding environment and fully satisfy local human, social and cultural requirements.

33 svarande

1»		0		0%
2»		1		3%
3»		7		21%
4»		13		39%
5»		12		36%

Genomsnitt: 4.09

4. Knowledge, sensitivity and commitment regarding current architectural issues at local and global levels.

33 svarande

1»		0		0%
2»		0		0%
3»		2		6%
4»		17		51%
5»		14		42%

Genomsnitt: 4.36

5. Imaginative, creative and innovative ideas in processes or architectural design and urban development.

33 svarande

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2»		0		0%
3»		4		12%
4»		16		48%
5»		13		39%

Genomsnitt: 4.27

6. Ability to perceive, conceive and manage space in three dimensions and on different scales.

33 svarande

1»		0		0%
2»		0		0%
3»		11		33%
4»		13		39%
5»		9		27%

Genomsnitt: 3.93

7. Skill in reconciling all the factors involved in architectural design and urban development.

34 svarande

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2»		3		8%
3»		5		14%
4»		17		50%
5»		9		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.94

8. Mastery of the media and tools used for communicating verbally, in writing and/or volumetrically architectural and urban development ideas and designs.

33 svarande

1»		0		0%
2»		1		3%
3»		7		21%
4»		16		48%
5»		9		27%

Genomsnitt: 4

9. Skill at leading, taking part in and co-ordinating interdisciplinary work in architecture and urban development

33 svarande

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2»		2		6%
3»		6		18%
4»		21		63%
5»		4		12%

Genomsnitt: 3.81

10. Capacity to design buildings and structures that will respond well to the bioclimatic, landscape and topographical conditions of the region in question.

34 svarande

1»		1		2%
2»		3		8%
3»		11		32%
4»		8		23%
5»		11		32%

Genomsnitt: 3.73

- Building design wasn"t the main focus of my group during the workshop, we rather focused on a urban scale of design.» (2)
- A comprehensive view of the city"s conditions was not fully achieve by our visitors, only partial» (3)
- We didnt have enough time to fully design buildings even tough on our urban plan we always were talking and thinking about landscaping, bioclimatic and topographical conditions.» (3)

11. Did you feel that new professional areas (or aspects of them) were envisaged through the workshop? Please justify your answer.

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2»		1		2%
3»		15		44%
4»		9		26%
5»		9		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.76

- -----» (2)
- I think, even though that was mentioned over and over, it didn"t completely come through in a practical way» (3)
- aspects of urban planing, social studies, antropology, economics and politics were part of the workshop, but I feel that these are already part of studing architecture. And even more here in Venezuela» (3)
- psychology» (3)
- Es la primera vez que tenía la oportunidad de trabajar en proyectos de escala urbana, siento que fue necesaria la participación de profesores relacionados directamente con esta área.» (3)
- Yes, because in the workshop we work about the public space and thats includes so many aspect in the society, more that architecture only» (4)
- i feel mora than new areas, that architects in Venezuela could be even more intregrals..and we should study in this university urbanism factors that make our mind even global » (4)
- yes» (4)
- Conferences organized by different professionals (journalist, artist, philosopher, etc) were of great help in order to understand the systemic aspects that involve the architectural practice.» (4)
- yes. for example, the issue of preservation of historic architecture was a subjet that i can appreciate and learn. I think this could be a goal for venezuela"s architecture schools. becouse we almost have lost our construction"s tradicion.» (4)
- yes we learned and talked abouy all areas » (4)
- Sì, gracias a las charlas de otros profesionales.» (4)
- they totally were. I realized about so many issues and conditions in my city that are repeated along the world in different contexts in which exist plenty of new proffesional areas.» (5)
- If, teamwork, presentations and site visits, apart from architectural, nurtured me with other fields such as surveying, engineering ... see beyond what surrounds us. Si, el trabajo en equipo, las exposiciones y las visitas a los lugares, a parte de aspectos arquitectónicos, me nutrieron con otros campos, como topografía, ingenieria... ver más alla lo que nos rodea. » (5)
- I think this workshop let us design with a different approach in terms of time, urban-thinking an overall well for the area that we were working on, not only designing a building but to think how we can make a difference in the public space and as well working with a group of students that you won"t usually interact with in normal bases. » (5)
- Yes, during the workshop at the end of the day we had a conference with diferents professionals and in some way were relating their proffesions with architecture and urban problems.» (5)
- that is a tool that we always take in count, even wen is not directly notably in the proposal.» (5)
- Si, la profesora encargada de nuestro taller nos explicó nociones de diseño urbano que hasta entonces desconocíamos y fue muy interesante aprender de ella.» (5)

Design Thinking and Transdisciplinary Thinking

12. Did you feel that the work done in the Workshop involved transdiciplinarity? And if so, how do you feel about it?

- Yes, but not enough (see question 11)»
- yes, because the students and the teachers proposed diferents ideas based on their experiences and knowledge»
- Yes, i think is very important to have the opinion from different disciplines.»
- i feel every time in this career like that...you have to think everytime about people, quality of life, permanence of different tipe of people, and in this workshop that was so important because we were working in places that involved so many different ways to see the world of the people! and so many different ways to see cultural spaces, recreation spaces, so that make us think about it and, in every project make real the citizens participation! because without that, it"s so probable that design isn"t work as it could be.»
- Totally. I think this Workshop help us has as profesional and as a life experience.»
- es importante conocer las experiencias que se viven de otras areas de conocimientos y como se aplican o afecta a la arquitectura »
- yes i think it did and it felt very good»
- Well, I don"t think there was much transdiciplinarity during the workshop, maybe during the lectures given at the end of the day gave a different aproach to our as architects or architecture students, but during the design process there wasn"t a real feel of broading our outlook about our task as architecture students.»
- no»
- excellent every design project, helps creativity and its application in a functional way and cinservadora oara society.»
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- Yes, somehow the conferences mentioned before involved transdisciplinarity but only in a theoretical way. It would have been interesting to participate in the workshop as teammates with graphic design, art, and social communication students, in order to produce a more complete material that would have had the potential to be published and to be taken into consideration by different professional associations other than architects.»
- No.»
- Of curse, it needed all the compromise of the workers and the discipline that the have. »
- yes it did, enjoyed critical of other teachers who were very helpful and appreciated.»
- Yes I think that was one of the most interested ideas of the workshop because it gives us a sense of how the cities is seen by other careers and it"s a data that open your eyes, I think it"s refreshing to hear from people who are not architects to talk about the city or public spaces because you get a most honest answers and less influence »
- As I said before, during the workshop we were listenig to different points of view from other professionals, so in some way we earend new tools to think from another point of view»
- It was principally about urban design»
- transdisciplinarity... no»
- i think we touched a little every dicipline in the design process »
- Sí, fue una experiencia provechosa, pues la facultad suele estar aislada del resto de las diciplinas que en la arquitectura intervienen.»
- Si, los invitados a las conferencias ofrecieron una visión muy interesante sobre el espacio público, entendido desde distintas disciplinas como la filosofía, la literatura, etc.»
- Si, aprendí demasiado de cada uno da las diferentes visiones que cada uno de los profesores invitados tuvo en el desarrollo de todo el taller »
- No, a mi parecer hizo falta el aporte de profesores urbanistas para que fuera realmente un trabajo transdisiplinario.»
- Yes it did, I think it is important to face problems in every possible angle, and that includes working with different areas outside architecture»
- yes, i did. i felt it was a great oportunity to exchange ideas.»
- well is a good experencie »

13. Did you feel that the workshop involved Design Thinking? And if so, how do you feel about it?

- Indirectly yes. I feel it"s definitely necessary in understanding Architecture.»
- It showed a brandly new perspective that made us as students re-ask ourselves about how we were developing each project and if we were hitting in what the problems really required as a solution. »
- absolutely because as we are know more of the state of our cities, the brainstorming, etc. awakens an interest in solving problems from different points of view unconventional and in the best way »
- I felt that they meant to involve the Desing Thinking but at the end it was used the scientific method»
- Of course. I"m in 4th semester and in this desing section in the lowest semesters we make exercises that are more than anything by succes and mistake...at least at the begining...and when you have something..you can start thinking about that. but in this workshop they give to us the tools first, and that is what made that we had to think about the problem...we made analysis, and we thought about that people that live there, and their movement, their activities...and we thought a LOT of posibilities! but we only can get one of them...and now, at least me, every time that pass around st" agustin can imagine so many ways of better transit, better movement, and those ideas are not easiers or the first that came, those are new, fresh and risky ideas...and that came only from this experience»
- Workshop let us think in another way about our environment. Showing us a way to improve it. »
- yes, i feel so great with experience like that, is different and innovative»
- en cada area de estudio, se elaboraron propuestas conceptuales de ideas (imaginarias), que pudieran dar soluciones a las distintas problematicas »
- yes it did»
- Absolutely, that"s the way our school has always have aproached the problems given by any hypothetical problem and the way it is solved, is the same way we solved the problems presented during the workshop. And I"m really into it :)»
- si»
- excellent every design project, helps creativity and its application in a functional way and cinservadora oara society.»
- ------»
- Yes, and it was a wonderful opportunity to reconsider the way we design, which has unfortunately forgotten somehow the real impact of architecture in social transformation.»
- Yes, I liked that part where we had to investigate the place... It is important to understand the people"s needs and what can do the place to satisfy those needs.»
- Yes it did. That"s the best way to work in projects like this one, because it helps to make sure the ideas are complete innovating, worth it, that they function according the issues that the area present and makes sure that every participant has nolegement about the working project. »
- yes. I think a good architectural design is a result of good previous analysis of the variables »
- I do think it envolved it, we were dealing with problems that existed in the city but taking action within imagination, creating new spaces that ought to improves the way of living it. Design thinking is implicit »
- I think it did involve Design Thinking, we went to a place, we identified urban and social issues and with imagination and creative we proposed solutions to improve life quality to the people.»
- The workshop totally involved the design thinking, it was the objective, and trough this concept we could generate the proposal »
- Yes, it was a very enriching process from a creative point of view. »
- yes it did we had to have desing thinking to get to the goal »
- Sí lo he sentido. Me parece que a pesar de no conocer el design thinking como método para abordar un problema arquitectónico, inconscientemente se aplica en nuestra facultad en los cursos de diseño.»
- Por supuesto! Esto se evidencia en la variedad de las propuestas presentadas. Todas ofrecían soluciones diferentes a problemas similares.»
- Si creo que una de las razones principales fue la manera en la que se llevo a cabo el workshop, trabajar en equipo con personas tan capacitadas como todos los invitados nos ayudo a tener una vision mas clara y general de como atacar los problemas a la hora de dise,ar »
- Si, existió mucho pensamiento alrededor del diseño que se pensó para el lugar de intervención. Hasta cierto punto siento que fue demasiado utópico y poco relacionado con la realidad de lo que se puede ejecutar.»
- Yes it did, and its very important»
- yes, i did. i"ve never heard about design thinking, but i think that was all we did in the workshop.»
- yes »

14. Did the teaching methods involve a special hierarchical learning model? (eg. Top-down, or non-hierarchical). And if so, how do you feel about it?

- Not that I know of.»
- at the beggining it was, wich turned things easier to understand and learn to us, after a couple days the learning model totally change and become very unorganized and messy.»
- Yes. I feel that it is an excellent tool for evaluating a problem before doing a project.»
- i think that teachers every time where just waiting for our ideas...and helping...they weren"t giving their our opinion...»
- No»
- i feel that experience was rich for everyone in every level and directions»
- alumnos y prodesores aprendieron de cada uno,, fue enseñanza mutua »
- no they didnt»
- Well at first our teacher sets a path, giving us parameters (I guess it"s Top-down), but after those parameters are given, the professor aloud us full liberty of the creative process (guessing non-hierarchical) which is quite fun. But not all the professors share the same method.»
- no, para nada»
- If, due to the demand and the ability to produce more and better jobs in a given period of time. Si, debido a la exigencia y la capacidad de producir un mayor y mejor trabajo en un determinado lapso de tiempo. »
- -----»
- During the phase of investigation and ideas related to a possible project, it was a non-hierarchical learning model. When the production of the material was inevitable we organized teams directed by high semester students, which was a kind of top-down learning model. »
- No.»
- I wouldn"t say»
- no,it didn"t»
- In our group our teachers suggested that after the whole group discuss about what will the actions be, we created smaler groups to work, It was 4 groups of 4, including each from higher to lower semester. I think it worked because each group was developing areas of the master plan and the new students of architecture were not left alone and they wer able to work as well as an thesis student »
- I beleive students from upper semesters were leading the project, and the new students were learning, listening and sometimes bringing up some fresh ideas.»
- The teaching methods was not controlled, the teachers just tried to do what they know how to do. The model did not make presence. »
- Yes, depending on the level of knowledge.»
- non-hierarchical»
- Pienso que debería existir cierta jerarquía, pero habría que estudiar bien los contenidos a tratar y armar un plan de estudio con una estrategia adecuada.»
- No, no percibí ningún modelo jerárquico. Las tareas eran distribuídas según nuestras capacidades.»
- En la experiencia que yo tuve en el workshop no hubo jerarquía, fue muy bueno trabajar de esa manera porq todos aportábamos ideas, discutíamos y llegábamos a soluciones mas concretas ya que todos participábamos y dábamos nuestro punto de vista »
- Es totalmente jerárquico, trabajamos en función de lo que los profesores nos iban diciendo.»
- I"m not sure»
- i don"t think so.»
- was a conversation about the ciiudad with aLL»

15. Did the workshop involve ‘,hot topics’, in ADU? And if not, what do you think are hot topics in ADU? Please explain.

- I don"t know anything about hot topics»
- it did.»
- Yes. It involves topics like poverty. »
- well, if social movement, quality of like and improvements in society aren"t "Hot Topics" maybe ADU has to re-done that list...i think this was a good choice.»
- Urbanism. And specially they wanted to know what is our working methods and how we applied them in desing»
- yes»
- se aplico el tema del espacio publico a la perfecccion »
- yes it did»
- In the venezuelan case a huge hot topic are the slums on Caracas hills, and the main focus dirng the workshop was that, we elaborated plans to reform the structure of the slums and adyacent areas to improve the standards of living of their inhabitants»
- no implica mucho ese tema»
- the workshop if it involves research and training of every architect, you need local culture and the best projection to supply society el taller si implica la investigación y la formación de cada arquitecto, que necesita cultura de la localidad y la mejor proyección para abastecer la sociedad »
- ------»
- I don"t know what "ADU" stands for... The words "public" and "space" were often pronounced...»
- What?»
- Yes it did, it kept then the full time. »
- yes. »
- I don"t know what are the hot topics of ADU»
- Yes, I beleive the hottest topic about sustentability played a very important roll during the wrkshop.»
- I do not know what is hot topics, probable could be related with the idea, in this therms, yes, the workshop involved a lot of them.»
- No, a hot topic could be the budget for arquitecture faculties in public universities and how this affects the student development.»
- i dont know»
- Sí. Temas como el barrio, la inseguridad, la falta de comunicaciones peatonales, el dominio del carro sobre el peatón, son temas vigentes y motivos de divagaciones y búsquedas para sus soluciones, y fueron tratados en el workshop.»
- Vivimos en un país en el que hablar de política siempre es un "hot topic", y hablar de la situación actual de la arquitectura venezolana siempre nos llevará a hablar de política. Supongo que con "hot topic" se refieren a temas que podrían ser controversiales o polémicos.»
- En este taller estudiamos el espacio publico, que no solo es un tema actual que se encuentra en su mayor apogeo, si no que es una oportunidad de involucrar al hombre directamente con el dise,o y nos permite a traves de este generar soluciones que no solo aporten al mejor desarrollo de la planificacion del espacio publico si no que nos permite mejorar nuestra calidad de vida y la de los demás, otorgándole lugares para el esparcimiento mental, físico, cultural entre otros »
- Si implico temas de actualidad, principalmente los temas de movilidad en la ciudad y desarrollo de espacio público, que es muy escaso en nuestra ciudad.»
- I"m not sure»
- yes, it did. there were several conferences about it.»
- they give a good response that we live in the city»

16. Was the workshop based on social and cultural references, provided by site choice, program and theme? Did the international dimension of the ADU project participants affect the workshop?

- Yes and yes, that made us have to explain further a series of cultural issues that we normally take for granted»
- I think that the most interesting, rich, and funniest part of the workshop was its international dimension, because we had the chance to learn about different cultures wich are familiarized with this workshop content, different solutions that people have given to the same issue around the world. »
- the site has a social and cultural peculiarities that we cant ignore definitely, the international participants affected the workshop but in the best way, because they contributed with a fresh perspective »
- Yes. Because everyone has a different view of the places that we visited so it is good to know that way of thinking»
- yes, totally»
- We studied the place we worked before changing it or modificating it»
- no, quite the contrary it enriches»
- si las experiencias explicadas por los profesores internacionales permitio entender distinas maneras de solucionar las problematicas »
- yes it was»
- Honestly I didn"t have a full experience with the "international dimension" of the ADU, so a couldn"t tell»
- afecta un poquito»
- helped a lot La dimensión internacional fue un gran enriquecimiento y compartimiento de conocimientos y ayudo mucho al taller para mejorar idear y compartir la cultura de ambos países y proponer mejores ideas. »
- -------»
- It was a legitimate consequence of the study of different places of Caracas, and the participation of international guests was a way to open our minds to new ideas and other experiences in the matter.»
- Yes, it was based on the site. And no, the workshop wasn"t affected by the dimensions of the ADU project.»
- Yes it did. »
- no, it did. because the local problem was taken as common in other countries»
- Yes it was based on all that, and there was an interested influence of the international participants, I think they gave us a their point of view and shared the different strategists they use in their countries to solve this kind of problems»
- Yes it was based on social and cultural references, it did affect because the gave a very important approaches about social and how people live in other cultures.»
- This references was fundamentals to the idea development and the vision of the international teachers help us to open our minds.»
- Yes and yes, he contributed with something different to the proyect.»
- they affect it in positive ways»
- El tutor de mi taller, Giannis Tsaras, de Grecia, resultó un excelente guía, pues su disciplina (bastante carente en los venezolanos) nos ayudó a cumplir los objetivos.»
- Si, aunque diseñábamos tomando en cuenta las variables sociales y culturales del lugar, nuestra profesora nos explicaba con ejemplos de ciudades europeas la soperaciones de diseño que proponíamos.»
- Para nada mas bien los aportes que todos y cada uno de los profesores invitados traían incluían nuevas estrategias que nos ayudaban a ver las cosas desde otro punto de vista. A mi me pareció genial »
- Estuvo enfocado directamente en nuestro sitio de trabajo y el aporte del profesor internacional fue muy acertado y oportuno para nuestro caso de intervención.»
- It was, the international teachers were of great help to see things in a different way»
- yes, it was. i don"t think the international participants affected it.»
- not all participant draw, think for scale the place or city»

17. How were the material and abstract aspects of the workshop made compatible? How do you feel about this? Please explain.

- By translating it directly into a project, it was no problem through the design process»
- It was very related, from my perspective I had no trouble to understand the links, instead of compatible i would say usefull.»
- with communication and teamwork»
- i think that they made compatible just in the moment that we were at the places that we were working and we share our opinion about that.»
- good»
- las charlas permitian complementar de cierto modo el area practica para cada sector, pero esto quitaba tiempo para desarrollar las ideas de taller »
- i dont know what to say here»
- bueno»
- Urbanizing neighborhoods and the people there feel they can improve their quality of life, either by creating or improving their public spaces.»
- --------»
- The abstract aspects of the workshop became always a tool for our minds. The interpretation of these contents was traduced directly in the material as a more concrete project. »
- We discussed it. We got an idea out of our discussions.»
- They functioned very well together. »
- because we were used as a creative tool»
- I don"t understand this question»
- I»
- They just match like they always do if the idea is in conformity with the context.»
- they were ok»
- Primero se ordenó la información que se poseía del lugar de trabajo (limpieza de planos, organización en carpetas virtuales, etc.).Se llevaron a cabo análisis de contexto, en los que se definieron las variables ambientales de la zona a tratar, en este estudio se basó nuestra propuesta intentando resolver zonas críticas.»
- bien me pareció adecuado »
- Si fueron compatibles en cierta medida, las propuestas realizadas estuvieron pensados específicamente para el sitio designado.»
- I think we were a bit short of time, to take all of the ideas into something material»
- i don"t understand the question.»
- what was esay for level for first semester or last semester »

18. What do you think the professional challenges will be for your generation?

- The scale of cities»
- applied to venezuela"s challenges... re-educate people so they can properly own the city, (reffering specially to the pedestrian)create spaces where activities and confort remained by thereselves and of course... increase the urbanism, get it too much better so cities can really work.»
- we need to better understand where we live aspects: physical, social, cultural, and the small things. Overcoming these obstacles is the biggest challenge»
- I think that for my generation it will be a challenge to manage with the overpopulation of the cities and really work for the people.»
- desing to improve a city..or many cities that are just done, and have problems in that previous design, but thinking in that people that lives and is happy in those places..so, we can"t just discriminate that places because they"re bad for the architecture, we need to make it better but...the answer isn"t demolition or erradication always...the answer came of think and live that place, and share with that place society...and i think architects..at least in this faculty are very egocentric..and even we as students...so...i think this would be the greatest challenge..»
- yes»
- integracion social, de las distintas areas de la ciudad (modelos muy diferenciados) »
- the economy»
- Greater than the past generations, because the new social awareness of poverty in Venezuela, in the past the poorest sector wasn"t a "trend setter" in architecture, but nowadays it"s the main focus of social projects and it is in our shoulders to provide well design housing and public facilities that are able to improve thier lives»
- vamos a generar un nuevo avance en el aspecto arquitectonico»
- Urbanizing neighborhoods and the people there feel they can improve their quality of life, either by creating or improving their public spaces.»
- -----»
- As population grows up to critical levels and with that the social problems related to it: to abandon personal interests in order to provide as teammates, solutions that are as flexible as peoples"interests are. We would have to become more tolerant human beings first, to be able to apply it in our professional life. It"s a matter related to the awareness of a historical moment and a spiritual choice derived from it.»
- Trying to find the new architecture. Like... Every architect tries to find his own way to shine and be different, no matter what. "Cause the ego of an architect is so big. So, I believe that my generation will have to put a side it"s ego and try to find the upper truth...»
- They will be very hard if we don"t start working on them from now on. »
- the historic preservation»
- I think that in my country is the awareness of architectural and urbanism influence in the city, to plan and to take those plans to action, we have seen that small interventions in spaces the society response to that because it gets obvios the need of change but it"s not something that is national care. To plan not only for the people as an outsider but to get involved in the problematic of them to live the situation in order to take the actions, to involve the people who are going to be the everyday users of that space in order to create awareness and a feel of belonging »
- In Venezuela we have to give services and right conditions to the poor neighborhoods. Thats our local biggest challenge.»
- the biggest challenge in Venezuela is the lack of support of the government to develop any kind of professional project.»
- In my country everything is a challenge with this goverment»
- ways to learn and improve the places we live in »
- Será una tarea difícil acomodar el desastre que prevalece desde hace años, acumulándose progresivamente, en nuestro país.»
- En Venezuela, el mayor reto de nuestra generación consiste en generar la transición entre una ciudad urbanizada por y para el vehículo a una ciudad que no dependa de él para su funcionamiento. Otro gran reto consiste en entender los diferentes contextos sociales dentro de los cuales se diseña, para ofrecer soluciones apropiadas a ellos.»
- Seran muy buenos, ahorita estamos pasando por una etapa de cambio en donde nuestra carrera tiene un papel importantisimo y puede ayudar a solucionar gran parte de los problemas sociales que vivimos en la actualidad »
- Nuestros retos van de la mano con dotar y mejorar los espacios públicos y crear un sistema verdaderamente eficiente que los conecte entre ellos»
- Sustainability, Low cost design»
- i believe that in our country, Venezuela, we as architects have many problems to resolve. Starting with social challenges.»
- yes if a new inspiration»

19. What do you think are important regional focus points - at continent, area or country level - in a global world?

- Understanding social and cultural behavior in the spaces we intent to design, because the gaps are abysmal»
- the people and their needs and environmental conditions, in each region of the world, conditions are different»
- I think that all the mayor cities in Latin America are a important focus point due to the overpopulation and lots of self-built houses that are not adequate and do not have normal services and quality for living»
- informal city, public equipment, green areas, passage and movement around the city and have refference points that are good by architecture or history.»
- Yes, the problems must be solved globally»
- las dos esclas son importantes, los puntos regionales tienen importancia en un contiente, pero a su vez, los paises tienen gran impacto a nivel mundial »
- focus on the social part of arquitechture»
- Poverty! it"s everywhere, I don"t live it, but after I started to travel and go outside my bubble, I developed a big sensibility to the subject. I don"t think I need to explain why it is an important focus point. Even the rich are victims of poverty.»
- si»
- The dense population in a locality that has no economy and suffers for basic services such as transportation and housing.»
- -----»
- Culture, climate, language.»
- I don"t understand the question.»
- All the lowed resources and poor contries. »
- caracas city and the amazona jungle because it is one of the few green lungs of the planet»
- I think that each country has important focus points, we have different realities: social, economics, cultural, climatic you name it, but as a global world we"ve seen that those realities are not that different and that we can benefit from the outsider experience. Focus points as social differences, the so called "barrios" the desperate need for public spaces, the security, to get the basics sanitary measures to all, the unfulfilled need of houses that leads to the self-construction »
- We have to think the world as a system and if we can reach common conclusions about the world issues, we con work locally but to in the same directions so we can make a changes.»
- ""Barrios"", informal housing and the public service projects.»
- if we were all a team and based on communication i think in a global world»
- Lo son, pues representan "íconos urbanos", si se quiere, de cada país en un plano global.»
- A nivel local, la creación de una infraestructura para transporte público y el diseño de viviendas de interés social eficientes y de calidad. Posiblemente sean los problemas que nos afectan más a escala local, y sobre los que ya se están trabajando en el resto del mundo. »
- Para poder actuar en grande tenemos que actuar en peque,o, si resolvemos nuestros problemas locales podemos lograr lo que queremos a nivel global »
- EL mas importante sin dudas el espacio público»
- slums optimization, housing»
- globalize the local. problems like social housing and urban planning are first»
- yes »

Your experience

20. Were the objectives of the Workshop well presented?

32 svarande

very badly presented»		0		0%
badly presented»		3		9%
neither badly nor well presented»		6		18%
well presented»		15		46%
very well presented»		8		25%

Genomsnitt: 3.87

- mala organización,me gusta la idea del talles pero nos obligaron a falta a algunas clases y eso no fue bueno» (badly presented)
- There was a lot fo confusion in the beginning about what we were supposed to do» (neither badly nor well presented)
- they were very confusing at the beggining » (neither badly nor well presented)
- No material referring to the objectives of the workshop was formally distributed to students. Only information about the organization of the event.» (neither badly nor well presented)
- Al principio no se comprendió del todo en qué consistía la experiencia.» (neither badly nor well presented)
- they werw weel presented» (well presented)
- The "HOW TO" was not very clear at the begining.» (well presented)
- Estuvieron bien presentados, la información fue clara y precisa.» (well presented)
- Estuvieron bien enfocados» (well presented)
- In the exhibition hall each municipality with all information held in two weeks, work layout, presentation and discussion on the town and project was excellent.» (very well presented)
- Before started we knew what we were looking for trough the workshop.» (very well presented)

21. Were the objectives of the Workshop adequate, or too low (easy), or too high (difficult)?

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too low»		0		0%
low»		0		0%
neither low nor high»		7		21%
adequate»		19		59%
very much adequate»		6		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.96

- Again, the objectives weren"t clear» (neither low nor high)
- i think that proffesors in this univerity didn"t understand the workshop idea...they wanted to present at the end a hole project just ready for the city, and our invited proffesor wanted that we understand how to make the analysis of the city...so, we can"t please all of them, and i think for new experiences, that ADU has to make a list of possible results...to avoid this situations» (neither low nor high)
- it was adequate» (neither low nor high)
- they are proper to the level of all the students who participate because it includes students from the 1 semester (when they are barely knowing arquitecture) to the 10 semester (they can handle the problem without trouble an help other student of the team)» (adequate)
- What we assumed as the principal objective, which was to understand public space as a social transformation catalyst, was very much adequate but intended to be achieved in a very short time!» (adequate)
- They were adequate, we are having lots of problems and issues so the workshop try to involved most of those who can be aproche trough architecture and urbanism.» (adequate)
- Se trabajo en un rango de exigencia acorde al tiempo que se tenía (en algunos casos), por lo tanto, se cumplieron los objetivos.» (adequate)
- Appropriate, because that we had people from all semesters and everyone work according to what I could do better. Everything was very comprehensive.» (very much adequate)
- los objetivos fueron muy claros» (very much adequate)

22. Did you get a good support and guidance from the teaching team?

32 svarande

very bad support»		1		3%
bad support»		1		3%
neither bad nor god support»		2		6%
good support»		15		46%
very good support»		13		40%

Genomsnitt: 4.18

- the teachers were never in the classroom, they got late in the morning, went to lunch very early and returned lately at the afternoon when after half an hour they have returned they used to leave because it was time to go.» (very bad support)
- Our particular team was very busy with other tasks and so we were left alone quite often (that wasn"t necessarily bad)» (neither bad nor god support)
- all the things they teach us were so great! but we had to do all many times by ourselves because teachers take 3 hours for lunch..or many of them had another work (because workshop didn"t pay a little bit more but they had the same salarie that working just from 5:00 to 8:00pm) maybe if those things explains with a little more time those things didn"t happened.» (good support)
- the profesors were really supportive and also the students » (good support)
- Without the conferences, the lectures, the guided visits and the one-on-one work in class, achieving the objectives would"ve been twice as difficult to do in the same amount of time.» (good support)
- Nuestor tutor local nos guió excelentemente durante toda la experiencia.» (good support)
- el acompañamiento por parte de los profesores fue muy bueno» (good support)
- Teachers, both the group and the teacher were excellent and motivating international teaching and learning!» (very good support)
- They always were with us and leading us, even tough they let us work and earned our own conclusions.» (very good support)
- EXCELENT» (very good support)

23. Did you learn something you did not know before? Refer to what you learned from other students, from the theme, the method, the teachers or other source of learning.

32 svarande

very little»		2		6%
little»		2		6%
enough»		3		9%
much»		12		37%
very much»		13		40%

Genomsnitt: 4

- Ya he manejado temas de intervención urbana con anterioridad» (very little)
- auto cad ways, ways to analize city and places, ways to draw over photos to explain what i can say, work in teams...even when we had different opinions.» (much)
- Information about the study site, skills in both digital and non-digital tools used to produce the material, different approaches to public space and deeper understanding of it.» (much)
- The most important knowledge I learned during workshop was the improve about sensibility when thinking about the people, the social issues.» (much)
- It was a great exchange all around» (very much)
- learned too many urbanism content and ways to analize issues » (very much)
- i have learned a lot » (very much)
- Enough, digital work, improve an idea, see the different views among peers of the semester, the townscape and architectural space connections, and your local society.» (very much)
- Many ideas in one place» (very much)
- Aprendí a trabajar en equipo y en muy poco tiempo, además de nuevas herramientas en programas digitales como photoshop, y una visión de cómo se puede proponer un master plan global de primera aproximación a una zona específica.» (very much)
- Aprendí muchísimo. Nuestra profesora del taller es diseñadora urbana, mientras recorríamos la ciudad, diseñábamos, o presentábamos el trabajo, nos explicaba por qué lo que hacíamos estaba bien o mal, y cuales deberían ser nuestras aproximaciones hacia el lugar. Fue una buena introducción al diseño urbano.» (very much)

24. Which of the following types of learning do you think characterizes best the workshop?

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(på denna fråga var det möjligt att välja flera svarsalternativ)

Learning through teaching (following the teacher advises)»		10		28%
learning through proposal making. (working with the project)»		21		60%
learning through participation. (working with other people)»		24		68%
learning through interdisciplinary dialogue»		17		48%
learning through criticism, (feedback from teachers + other)»		15		42%
learning through reflection. (thinking over what you do)»		8		22%
learning through research (making deeper investigations),»		10		28%

- Learning through reflection Learning through research» (learning through reflection. (thinking over what you do), learning through research (making deeper investigations),)

25. Do you think that such a workshop can stimulate your creativity?

32 svarande

very little»		0		0%
little»		1		3%
enough»		5		15%
much»		8		25%
very much»		18		56%

Genomsnitt: 4.34

- Sería mas estimulante si tuvieramos mas tiempo para desarrollar las propuestas» (little)
- Creo que habría sido mejor que durara más tiempo y para ello debía estar mejor planificado.» (enough)
- it does» (much)
- the workshop has been an amazing experience» (much)
- In a very short time we came up with a proposal urban plan, with hard work and group thinking.» (much)
- The group talks was perfect in this aspect.» (much)
- I believe exchanging with other people promotes creativity» (very much)
- i just hope have another experience like this» (very much)
- si pero tienen que mejorar la organización loara una buena enzeñanza » (very much)
- It"s a way of looking beyond urban problems and not just rely on the same problem-solving, but be unique in every idea and so integrated to serve society.» (very much)
- The rapid pace of design process, involving the understanding of the problem and the place, then the development of a project and the representation of it, in two weeks was inevitably a creativity stimulation.» (very much)

26. What is your general opinion of the workshop? Please comment on the positive and negative aspects.

- It was a very enriching experience all in all. I wish it would have been organized in a period were the students could have dedicated their time fully to it.»
- i think it is an unbelieveable experience. I"m glad i had the opportunity to be part of it. i wish i can have this opportunity again, i really learned and enjoyed!»
- i liked so much and i was enjoyed the experience. the work in team was difficult, but i met new people and that form part of the experience. work with a teacher of another country for my was the best! So the only thing that i would change is the short time it lasted and maybe the perfect moment is to do it during summer holidays. thanks»
- I think that it is a great experience and we should have it more often. One of the best aspects is that you learn from students in higher semesters and from a teacher that may not be the one you chosen for the regular term. A negative aspect is that at the beginning there was a lack o organization from the comite.»
- i think it was so appropiate, the right places, right situations, right invited proffesors, we made an excelent job in every one of our tables, and that is what university is, that is what architecture academy should be, and i feel so lucky about being part of this...maybe we had problems in our teams but, everyone learn something, our invited proffesor care a lot of students in low semesters, more than the students that are just in the end of their career...i don"t have the opportunity but i would like to say thank you for share all your experience with us not in an egocentric way, but for us like make our own opinion, and our own thinking...that"s something that you can"t learn in an easy way...if you"re asking about bad aspects, i just have to say that ADU has to make a list of what they expect...because in our faculty proffesors are just accostumed to have the best final jobs, or the best project during semester...and i think that wasn"t important for this workshop, but the analysis of probables possibilities for the city that we live every day, that we feel and we love, and the world!! possibilities that, if you have mmore than 2 weeks, more than 10 days, you can deeply study...and you can develop it in a hole great level :) thank"s a lot! ADRIANA RUSSIAN»
- It"s an amaizing experience. We know the ideas of the rest of the students and shared it. And learned things of the people who almost get the title. It definitely has to be repeated»
- good, could be better»
- Muy buena actividad, nos permitio enfocar el trabajo en equipo de otra manera, y aprender de las experiencias de nuestros mismos compañeros (de distintos semestres) y de los profesores las maneras de abordar un proyecto a distinas escalas y niveles de desarrollo »
- it was a new and very exciting experience»
- I think it was a very positive experience, and I"d love to repeat it, the energy invested during that week was huge, could be felt and that"s amazing, the knowledge and creattivity passed from one person to another was very nourishing. And the only con I could give to this satisfactory challenge is the Timing, if it could be done at another moment outside a current academic term where time of the students don"t have to be invested in other tasks of other classes the results of the workshop could be even more promising. And thank you for the experience. »
- fue bueno , pero yo soy 3er semestre y no aprendí mucho ya que esto fue mas que todo para semestres mas alto, deberían hacerlo un poquito mas equilibrado para los semestres mas bajos»
- Excellent! Especially the participation of guest lecturers, group work, preparing the lectures material, information, research, and learning new ways to explore the place, take photos, sketches, ideas, project. The negative was not the best time to do the workshop, lost several classes, but ... worthwhile.»
- -----»
- Excellent experience, please better organization, less food interruptions, do it every year...=D»
- It wasn"t well organized. It"s our shortest semester ever and it became shorter because of the workshop. Some international profesors weren"t around, weren"t of any help. I had the chance to talk to upper semesters and could learn something of them, very little, but something in the end. I think it must be a hell of a great experience, but in this case, it was just not well organized and prepared.»
- ...»
- was an incredible experience and nutritious»
- I think it was a great experience, something that stimulate to think fast with a different approach, to get involved with the different students and the teachers form another disciplines and countries, to be on a all stimulated to work. It"s an incredible vibe! and something that we could considerer doing each semester or at least once a year»
- I think is very profitable to have had this workshop. The international teachers crew broght up so many points of view and the transdiciplinary activities also gave us many tools for us.»
- It was a great experience that introduce us many aspects of the architecture that we did not know, not just about design, also about the working methods, group work, place understanding. The negative aspect may be was the time, it was not a exclusive work in the FAU an this make the process a little bit difficult.»
- it was enriching and a very good experience. It was something new and refreshing from a student point of view. I like that teachers from other countrys share their knowledge with us, how they teach in their countrys and much more things. It was an honor. A negative aspect was that the amount of time that the workshop required was a lot, and for me that was an obstacle, because I work and study. The teachers in charge of the organization of the workshop in my faculty were unsympathetic with my case. »
- it was to short time to get the objetives though we did it »
- En general, me gustó mucho la experiencia. Me gustó compartir, en el ámbito estudiantil y que un futuro será mi ámbito profesional, con arquitectos de otros países, y por lo tanto, con diversas visiones de esta disciplina.»
- Pienso que fue genial. Muy bien organizado, y aprendí algo de cada profesor. El tiempo me pareció corto para lograr lo que queríamos, pero es el único aspecto negativo que encuentro.»
- Fue una experiencia increíble, aprendí muchísimo »
- El tiempo es muy corta para desarrollar las propuestas, la escogencia de los sitios es muy disímil, algunos son demasiado fácil y otros son demasiado complejos. debería existir y estándar para todos los grupos, al igual que el sitio de la intervención deberían ser de dimensiones equivalentes.»
- Overall it was a great learning oportunity, different from the every-day learning proccess we usually do, all students working as a group alongside with the teachers, at a fast pace because of the deadline that was set, absorbing every bit of knowledge we could, it was a very fullfilling experience that I wish could be repeated anytime soon, as a downside I felt the need for more oganization, specially at the begining of the workshop»
- i think that we should do it again, but i prefer that instead of doing it during the current semester it should be done in summer class.»
- the aspects was no can listen the projects critical comments of people from another country»