Abstract
In the beginning, the notion of habitat had been conceived in life sciences and ecology studies fields. Subsequently, it began to be extrapolated by housing researchers as a useful term applicable in urban-rural studies. As shown, the habitat itself is an interdisciplinary concept that crosses and bridges several fields of knowledge, such as natural sciences like biology and human sciences like architecture. In this way, this research aims to state that the human habitat conception of dwelling is a better approach for teaching built environment design in programs related to construction, architecture, civil engineering, and even other engineering and human sciences fields. This, by means of validating a multidimensional model that put this notion into practice with an interdisciplinary group of students from eight different bachelors programs; additionally, this is shown through the articulation of the integrated sustainability dimensions with the variables that are brought forward from the ecology, converging in a cross-disciplinary pedagogic model. Ultimately, the implementation of this development entails a transition of the notion of the dwelling towards a notion of human habitat, which in turn also implies several changes in the teaching paradigms for designing, not only human-oriented spaces but also nature-oriented ones. At last, we conclude that this transition fosters a more complex insight on the human intervention in nature and the built environment that overcomes the simplistic insight of traditional housing projects.
Presenters
Daniel Felipe Marín VanegasResearcher, School of Construction, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Antioquia, Colombia Jorge William Montoya Santamaría
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Philosophical Studies, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Antioquia, Colombia John Munoz Echavarria
Professor, Head of School of Habitat, Construction School, Faculty of Architecture, Universidad Nacional de Colombia , Antioquia, Colombia Ricardo Benavides Uribe
Professor, Facultad de Artes Integradas, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Colombia
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design
KEYWORDS
Human habitat, Intervention Design, Housing, Interdisciplinarity, Sustainability
