Objectives

The European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture is an initiative of Heads and academic program coordinators of 85 European Schools of Architecture to contribute to the defining, shaping and establishing of the European Higher Architectural Education Area (EHAEA). Its ambition is to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of architectural studies in Europe and to ensure a more attractive architectural education environment.

The aim of ENHSA Latin America project is to bring non-European partners closer to European Schools of Architecture and to enhance the links, information flow, communication, mutual understanding, exchange and mobility with their institutions. In the strong internationalisation dynamics of our era, architecture, as the spatial manifestation of our lives, is experiencing a radical worldwide transformation and redefinition of its referential values, principles and conceptions. A commonly accepted profile of the contemporary architect no longer exists and its re-definition constitutes a central issue in the international academic debate. The European Higher (Architectural) Education Area cannot be an introverted environment but a dynamic field of energy interacting with its broader international milieu.

The project will be developed under the guidance of the following objectives: 1 . To bring our non-European partners closer to the work our network has done during the last 6 years on architectural education in Europe . 2 . To collaborate with them on the further development and implementation of competences-based architectural curricula, which, in our belief, is the most appropriate learning environment for the internationally increasing demand for transparency, quality, communication and mobility. 3 . To exchange ideas and practices related to the development of pedagogical strategies, teaching practices and methods, conducted by a number of predefined expected outcomes described in terms of competences. 4 . To disseminate the results of this collaboration in the broader regions of the partners. 5 . To create conditions for future mobility between the partners. 6 . To establish links, communication channels and partnerships for further collaborations and future projects.