Session 4B. Classrooms Behind the Blackboards: Architecture (UCA and UTPMPN - Un Techo para Mi País - A Roof for My Country)

Presenter Information

Mariana Wheelock

Location

BCC 200

Start Date

14-6-2012 3:15 PM

End Date

14-6-2012 4:00 PM

Description

The study of architecture at the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) has, as part of its academic curriculum, subjects such as Popular Habitat Module, Urban Planning and Urban Space Module, with which it seeks, as one of its main objectives to relate seniors students with housing issues affecting the country (Nicaragua), not only through the study of theories, laws, programs and projects, but primarily through the actors themselves: the thousands of Nicaraguans who live in precarious conditions in all cities around the country. During 2011, we carried out joint activities with the A Roof for My Country Nicaragua, an organization that has effectively involved many young people from different universities in the country to work together with families living in spontaneous settlements and neighborhoods. Such collaboration occurs in the context of cooperation between the organization and the Central American University.


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Session 4B. Classrooms Behind the Blackboards: Architecture (UCA and UTPMPN - Un Techo para Mi País - A Roof for My Country)

BCC 200

The study of architecture at the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) has, as part of its academic curriculum, subjects such as Popular Habitat Module, Urban Planning and Urban Space Module, with which it seeks, as one of its main objectives to relate seniors students with housing issues affecting the country (Nicaragua), not only through the study of theories, laws, programs and projects, but primarily through the actors themselves: the thousands of Nicaraguans who live in precarious conditions in all cities around the country. During 2011, we carried out joint activities with the A Roof for My Country Nicaragua, an organization that has effectively involved many young people from different universities in the country to work together with families living in spontaneous settlements and neighborhoods. Such collaboration occurs in the context of cooperation between the organization and the Central American University.