Area
Humanities
Sub-Discipline
Art, Art History, Architecture, Music, Cinema, Radio and TV
Austral University of Chile
- City: Valdivia,
- Commune: Valdivia,
- Region: Los Ríos Region
goals
General objective:
To train advanced professionals in the knowledge and competent practices in the areas associated with environmental and contextual design and effective citizen participation, in order to sustainably intervene in the built environment at its different scales.
Specific objectives:
a. Internalize the theoretical and methodological dimensions that define the uniqueness of the context, environmental design, and citizen participation.
b. Analyze the built environment based on internalized dimensions and construct a relevant and situated reality model.
c. Design participatory contextual intervention strategies capable of ensuring sustainable transformations of the built environment.
d. Evaluate solutions for the built environment, emphasizing the replicability and improvement of the model used from the guiding disciplines of the students in the program.
Applicant Profile
The admission requirements for the Master's program are:
Be Chilean or foreign university graduates with an academic degree of Bachelor or a professional title preferably in Architecture, Construction, Engineering, Geography, Anthropology and Social Sciences, as well as other disciplines that are linked to the formulation, planning and/or administration of both the territory and the cities.
Architecture students at the Austral University of Chile can opt for a combined undergraduate and graduate program, allowing them to take master's degree courses during their final semesters. Interested students must apply through the university's graduate studies platform, attaching the following documents:
i) Bachelor's degree or a professional title whose level and content of studies are equivalent to those required to obtain a Bachelor's degree. Include a transcript of grades. Certificates, titles, or degrees must be originals or certified copies.
ii) Two letters of recommendation, issued by academics or professionals of recognized prestige, relating to the applicant's ability and skills.
iii) Statement of motivations that lead to applying for the Master's degree (at least two letter-size pages).
iv) Curriculum Vitae (attaching supporting documentation).
v) Two passport-size photographs (3×4 cm.).
vi) Certificate that proves adequate command of the Spanish language for those who do not have it as their native language.
Graduate profile
The graduate will be able to:
I) Master the approach of sustainable contextual design according to the disciplinary matrix of origin.
II) To lead convergent processes of multiple actors concerned with the environmental balance and the social reproduction of local cultural systems.
III) To create, in a participatory and collaborative manner, advanced solutions aimed at improving the built environment.
Lines of investigation
The Master's program in Sustainable Environment Design has three mixed development areas and situated research:
1. CONTEXTUAL THEORY AND DESIGN: This approach understands and addresses contemporary space as an uncertain dimension. Context then refers to the situated nature of socio-cultural life, shaping a contextual design approach from a perspective of cultural relevance, welcoming the lifestyles of the people and communities involved.
2. ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN: emphasizes environmental balance, energy assessment and its socio-cultural relevance in the environment.
3. PARTICIPATORY DESIGN: the foundations of this approach and current and emerging models of public participation are valued.
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