Objectives
According to the mission of the Department, the Architecture program is committed to the teaching of discipline with high social responsibility, demanding excellence training on the various areas that make up the production of Architecture and the City.
The spirit of this education is framed in an autonomous, independent environment, plural and diverse, where dialogue, debate and criticism headed to profitable exchange among diverse community members. Creativity, responsibility and autonomy of the students in their education are evidenced in the highly elective and inter-disciplinary character of the Study Plan.
Class contents are directed to build a firm disciplinary education within a specific national context, being committed to the country’s situation, particularly to the city of Bogota.
The program is closely linked to other universities, both in the country and abroad, organizing periodical events, namely forums, lectures, and international architecture workshops, which ensure a permanent criticism process, self-assessment and updating for all members of this community.
Furthermore, the Department is committed to research themes relative to training in Architecture, carrying out experimental projects and seeking innovating and adequate methods for teaching and learning of Architecture and the City within various contemporary social contexts.
Study Plan
The Study Plan is made up of four areas (Knowledge), own disciplines (Projects, History, Theory and Criticism, Technique and the
City), other than the group of mandatory subjects of an institutional type, and structured in three cycles (teaching methods):
Basic Cycle (1st and 2nd Semester)
Its aim is to provide students with a comprehensive exposure to Architecture and the City, based on observation, measurement, analysis and representation of significant buildings.
The teaching method implies theoretical and practical activities, based on workshop activities. The classes are of a mandatory nature.
Training Cycle (3rd, 4th and 5th Semesters)
It is aimed at providing the student with in-depth understanding as a discipline.
Classes are organized in four theme areas:
- Project
- History, Theory and Criticism
- Technique
- City
The teaching method seeks to ensure conveying of specific knowledge in each area, by combining lecture classes and workshops.
Classes are of a mandatory nature.
Proposing Cycle (6th. 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Semester)
It is aimed at propitiating a critical, proposing attitude among the students, which at the same time enables them to propose comprehensive solutions and alternatives with respect to Architecture and the City. Students may concentrate on discipline areas (knowledge) of their interest. The teaching method promotes research and debate through seminars, laboratories and lecture classes. Courses are elective.
Students may also take dual programs, options, concentration in the disciplines of their interest, and student exchange with national and international universities. The Study Plan Plan ensures fundamental contact with other academic units through the courses of the Basic Uniandino Cycle and the possibility of taking some of the elective courses in other programs.
For decision making purposes, students are supported by the Academic Counseling, headed by the Department’s full time professors. Similarly, they are actively involved in the Monitoring project, supporting strategic areas of the Department, such as the Publications Workshop, the Research Groups, the documentation Center, and the permanent exhibitions program.
Annually, the Department organizes lectures with international guests, permanent fora, summer courses for university and high school students (Diseñando), continued education programs, and the Cartagena International Workshop. Lastly, pursuant to University guidelines, as regards the internationalization of the Architecture program, there are several agreements in place with different universities, where the students can attend as exchange or visitor students.
Research or Concentration Areas
Commitment to research is reflected on the work carried out by the seven groups that currently lead projects in various theme areas of the discipline with research lines specific that address both, academic topics and the country’s needs.
- Architecture, City and Education – ACE
- Research lines: Education in Architecture
- Housing Management and Design – GIV
- Research lines: Architectonic and urbanistic innovation and technology, tools for public and private regulations, planning and management of urban projects, management processes in construction projects.
- Social Housing and Territorial Development
- Research lines: Rights and Territory, Urban and Regional Development, Social Housing Possession Modalities, Globalization ad Urbanization, Social Housing and Territorial Development.
- History of Construction Techniques in Colombia
- Research lines: History of reinforced concrete building in Colombia, history of metallic construction, history of construction traditions in Colombia.
- Public Construction
- Research lines: Project analysis, knowledge of the City.
- Urban project as laboratory of Architecture and the City
- Research lines: The form of the project and Architecture, the form of the project and the City.
- Architecture and Sustainability – ARS
- Research lines: Architecture and Sustainability and City and Sustainability
- Architecture plus Memory plus Children
- Research lines: History and Patrimony of Architecture and Architecture as Education
Model Program
Todos los estudiantes de la Universidad deben cumplir con los siguientes requisitos
Requisito de esp Year l
A partir del Semester 2011-10, todos los estudiantes de la Universidad deben tomar alguno de estos dos cursos: EspYearl (LITE 1611) o EspYearl: escritura de textos (LENG 1501), para cumplir con este requisito. Además, a lo largo de su carrera, deben tomar dos materias catalogadas como cursos tipo E, que pueden coincidir con sus CBU o con otras materias.
Requisitos sobre idiomas extranjeros
La norma sobre idioma extranjero exige a los estudiantes el cumplimiento de dos requisitos:
- Requisito de lectura en inglés (LENG2999).
- Requisito de dominio de una segunda lengua (LENG3999).
Formación integral
- Cursos del Ciclo Básico Uniandino (CBU): durante el trascurso de su programa académico, los estudiantes Uniadinos deben tomar tres cursos Tipo A en cada una de las áreas (Artes y Humanidades, Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciencias Sociales) y tres cursos Tipo B. Para más información, consultar el reglamento de los CBU.
- Cursos de Libre Elección (CLE)
- Curso Constitución y democracia.
(Tomado del Reglamento General de Estudiantes de Pregrado - vigencia 2011).
Nota: durante cada Semester de estudios, es recomendable que los estudiantes consulten a sus coordinadores académicos y profesores consejeros para revisar sus registros académicos (carpetas) y planear organizadamente su programa en Uniandes.
Para mayor información, ingrese a la siguiente página: registro.uniandes.edu.co/
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
| ARQU-X2 | Unidad Intermedia | 11 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Seventh Semester
| ARQU-X2 | Unidad Intermedia | 11 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| DERE-1300 | Constitution and Democracy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Eighth Semester
| ARQU-X2 | Unidad Intermedia | 11 |
| ARQU-X4 | Electivo Arquitectura | 3 |
| CLE- | Curso de Libre Elección | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Ninth Semester
| ARQU-X3 | Unidad Avanzada | 3 |
| ARQU-X4 | Electivo Arquitectura | 3 |
| ARQU-1010 | Graduation Requirement Portfolio | 0 |
| ARQU-3990 | Inscripción a Grado | 0 |
| CLE- | Curso de Libre Elección | 3 |
| LENG-3999 | Requirement – Command of a Foreign Language | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Alumni Profile
The Study Plan of the Department of Architecture is aimed at the formation of an integral architect, able to interpret the special, architectonic and urbanistic needs of society, from a discipline perspective that enables them to be actively involved with interdisciplinary teams. The architect is able to value the different cultural, technical and historical aspects that determine our construction environment to, therefore, participate in it in a competent, responsible manner. The social responsibility of the alumnae is considered a fundamental ethical norm.
The alumnae of the Department of Architecture at the Universidad de los Andes, acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for architectural practice from a broad, multidisciplinary framework that includes the development of their professional activity, their involvement in public and private management, and the development and generation of new knowledge within the teaching and research disciplines.