50 years training high-quality professionals: The plans of study at the School of Architecture, University of the Bío-Bío (1969-2014)

Abstract

This article presents the evolution of the Architecture degree program at the University of the Bío-Bío (UBB) from its creation to the present, through the eight plans of study that have marked the training of the different cohorts that have graduated from this school. The methodology involved the exploration of the existing documentation in archives, from the founding ideology up until today. The agreements that defined the graduate profile and that identify the architects trained at UBB, and the creation of the plans of study and the curriculum diagrams were also examined. The career paths of some of the teachers who brought to life these teaching processes in the classroom were analyzed in accordance with the national and local events of that time. Precisely when this school celebrates 50 years of training professional architects of great national prestige, this tour of its pedagogical models reaffirms its well-deserved third place ranking in architectural degrees in the country and revalidates its international accreditation by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) since 1991.