De la Peña Pareja, Eduardo

The INARQ innovation project was designed and implemented during the first semester of the 2021‐2022 academic year in the Architecture degree, from the subjects of "Form Analysis I" and "Introduction to Architecture" within the framework of the Exploria project. Its main goal was to increase the motivation of the students, enhancing their creative interpretation of the architectural fact. The strategy was based on designing an emotional approach to Architecture from other Arts, in order to encourage its holistic understanding. The initiative also sought to introduce students to the language of theoretical and graphic abstraction as a tool for thought and expression, as well as to enrich their perceptive, analytical, and interpretative skills in their understanding of architecture. Under this innovative approach, the classroom and drawing workshop work was complemented with the study of bibliographic references, on‐site experience (visits to buildings in Madrid), lectures, visits to exhibitions, individual presentations, and critical sessions with other classmates. The activity favoured the existing synergies between both subjects, and the motivation of students and teachers to take on new challenges, proving that learning transcends the physical and temporal framework of the classroom, expanding the regulated spaces and schedules, to promote at the same time the transversal learning based on other Arts as an innovative way of Teaching/Learning.

En momentos en los que las generaciones mayores se muestran más vulnerables, es especialmente oportuno que desde la arquitectura se exprese la acogida a las personas mayores como una cualidad intrínseca e irrenunciable. En este empeño puede pesar la presencia genética de posiciones gerontofóbicas que comprometan la identidad social de la vanguardia arquitectónica. Una revisión más detallada puede arrojar luz sobre la cuestión y matizar valoraciones precipitadas. En este texto se analiza la imagen de la vejez que se extrae de la obra publicada de Le Corbusier. En su perspectiva del tema hay muchos puntos en común con sus contemporáneos y otros que pertenecen a sus experiencias y su modo particular de interpretar el mundo que le rodea. Aunque su opción por el vigor físico y la actividad pueden llegar a ser generacionalmente excluyentes, también puede fundamentarse la ausencia de una asociación explícita a tramos de edad predeterminados.