"BUILDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: CITIES AND TEMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE (1930-1990)"

There are many buildings for higher education teaching that have occupied a prominent place in the development of contemporary architecture. They have had great presence in society because, until a few decades ago, the university teaching enjoyed social prestige B; moreover, the institutions that promoted them, public or private, did not hesitate to make significant investments in order to provide that teaching eximia the physical means necessary to develop the task with the maximum possible height, and even considered that these buildings should be the external expression of the excellence of what took place there.

In addition, in the post-World War II period, when contemporary states and cities were redefined and consolidated, and the higher Education was definitively opened to society as a whole, many new universities emerged as the intellectual engine of the changes that were needed. Some of these interventions, due to their relevance and diffusion, have been important in other areas of public architecture.

On the other hand, it is precisely in this university environment where the Education for architecture is carried out, which has also been an opportunity to create areas and spaces with a special propositional charge, sometimes related to protagonists of contemporary architecture, as in the case of the schools of Sao Paulo, with Vilanova Artigas, or the IIT in Chicago, with Mies, which have had an influence B in the conception of public space.

Thus, in order to establish sections within the call for this congress we will point out these three categories:

1. Educational buildings.

2. Residential and institutional buildings.

3. Campus and urban or territorial conceptions.

19
May 2025

Deadline for receipt of proposals

Maximum 400 words. Proposals (Spanish or English) should be sent to congresoetsaun@unav.es filling out the template available on the website.

Registration for assistants

The fee of registration will be 230 euros if formalized before February 28, 2026 and 280 euros if formalized after that date.