Browsing by Author "Corsini Fuhrmann, Sofía"

La evolución histórica de los entornos de aprendizaje universitarios ha sido el escenario en el que he desempeñado mis roles como estudiante, profesora e investigadora. Durante la fase final de mi investigación, la pandemia mundial de COVID-19 reveló valiosas lecciones sobre el potencial de las nuevas tecnologías y la importancia del espacio físico para garantizar una educación de alta calidad. La investigación sobre la innovación en los espacios universitarios ha estado en constante desarrollo desde la década de 2000, con una abundante producción científica, convirtiéndose en un tema de relevancia universal y actual. En este contexto, se presenta un exhaustivo estado del arte que se compara y analiza detenidamente. Todas las reflexiones teóricas y científicas se abordan desde la perspectiva de cómo los espacios físicos afectan la sociabilidad en el proceso de aprendizaje. Se utiliza la metáfora del “Ecosistema del Aprendizaje” y se adopta una metodología holística para comprender el sistema de redes que conecta y facilita la interacción entre los diversos aspectos clave del entorno de aprendizaje. El objetivo fundamental de esta tesis es integrar y relacionar todos los análisis existentes y criterios de diseño que, hasta ahora, se encontraban dispersos, con el propósito de proporcionar un enfoque coherente para la toma de decisiones en el diseño de espacios educativos desde todas sus perspectivas. El entorno físico en el que interactúan los miembros de la comunidad educativa desempeña un papel activo y esencial en el desarrollo de las actividades universitarias.

Heating and cooling consume a high amount of energy, which is today mainly provided by fossil fuels. To save fossil resources and simultaneously reduce pollutants and CO2, heating and cooling energy consumption should be reduced. Geothermal energy is a clean, inexhaustible source of energy that is available all year round because it does not depend on the weather. Nevertheless, the use of tempered subsoil air has been used as a traditional air conditioning strategy; however, nowadays, its use has been questioned by the discovery of the leaks of radon gas from the ground. The investigation searches a heat exchange system with the subsoil which prevents the introduction of radon gas into living spaces. The system that is exposed increases the performance of aerothermal heat pumps by means of thermal exchange with tempered air in the sanitary chamber. This exchange is more favorable than air at the outside temperature, increasing the COP of the machine. This system complies with the regulations for protection against radon, protecting the building from this radioactive gas.

The rapid evolution of university education is accompanied by a multitude of very specific, but rarely interrelated, research. The importance of socialization, informal learning, virtuality, flexible furniture, and learning by doing are recurrent themes, but they are often analyzed in isolation. The great potential for understanding these concepts lies in the value of their gradients, thresholds, interstices, interconnections, and the multiple relationships between them. Interrelating the existing analyses defines the learning ecosystem where thresholds acquire didactic prominence. Since the beginning of this century, radical changes have been taking place in the way learning is understood and are accompanied by regulatory changes (e.g., the Bologna Plan), methodological shifts, and spatial changes. Teaching innovation and spatial innovation mutually enhance each other in the search for teaching quality. In this research work, the state of the art is organized and classified into five assumptions, each with a graphic analysis, so that different architectural styles, geographical locations, and periods are represented, all with didactic potentials. The result comprises five design criteria proposed to build the different gradients of each hybridization.