El proceso de investigación creación en arquitectura para la generación de soluciones técnicas y sostenibles en entornos vulnerables

Architects have an important role to play as generators of social development alternatives, that allow communities and nature to coexist in a harmonious way, following the principles of sustainable development. This raises the need to rethink pedagogical approaches and teaching strategies to prepare future architects against the worsening of environmental and social problems. On the other hand, the gradual immersion, forced or spontaneous, of architecture in the scientific field, creates the need to document and systematize the research process appropriate to the discipline and, at the same time, consider the creative process of architectural work. This article presents the research-creation process proposed by the Universidad de la Costa in Barranquilla (Colombia), with the aim of contributing to the discussion and the broadening of the state of the art on the subject. In the end, a method of learning the architectural project with a research approach is proposed, which aims to strengthen the student's ability to solve the problem, given the complexity of human and environmental needs. Keywords: Investigation. Vulnerable surroundings. Sustainability. Architecture.