This article presents a descriptive, correlational, and quantitative study investigating the learning processes of undergraduate construction engineering and architecture students. The study aims to analyze the effectiveness of an alternative learning method compared to traditional approaches in engineering, architecture and construction education. The study focuses on the use of a mobile application (CAMPUS Javeriana) as a tool for experiential learning by using digital technologies, such as construction videos and photos, infographic images, building information modeling (BIM) models, virtual and augmented reality, among others, within the app. Forty‐six architecture students participated in the study, divided into control and experimental groups within each of three undergraduate courses. Pretest and posttest questionnaires were administered to assess the students' learning outcomes, preferences, and perception of the importance of learning technologies. The test results were analyzed using scatter plots, and statistical analysis was conducted using the Jamovi package in R Studio. The students' perceived importance of the mobile app and their preference to use it in the future were also evaluated. Contextual factors such as student characteristics, available resources, and instructors' teaching style were taken into consideration. The study implemented rubrics based on the Expected Learning Results for each course to measure the overall academic performance. Furthermore, the study explores the concept of learning gain and its relationship with the obtained results, shedding light on experiences, perceptions, and academic performance in the specific context of construction education. Findings suggest a positive impact on learning outcomes and perception as a result of using a series of multi‐media technologies in the mobile application.

The integration of digital technologies in managing technical and design information is transforming architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) processes within educational institutions. Despite this, construction education lacks practical, interactive learning tools, and there is insufficient collaboration between academia and the construction industry. To address these challenges, the CAMPUS 2.0 project at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana developed a web-based platform that integrates building information modeling (BIM) and gamification elements. This platform improves project coordination, facilitates interdisciplinary learning, and enhances the management of technical and design information for campus buildings. CAMPUS 2.0 also promotes collaboration and active user engagement, filling a critical gap in the practical tools in construction education. This study assesses the usability of CAMPUS 2.0 among 235 students, teachers, and staff members, demonstrating a positive impact on the university community. The findings provide insights into how digital tools can improve project management, interdisciplinary collaboration, and knowledge sharing within educational settings, offering broader implications for other institutions.

Digital transformation is changing the world, and with it the construction and architecture industry, however, although there are many collaborative work frameworks for digitization, and agile philosophies among different professionals, the methodologies of creative processes throughout the entire life cycle of a project that involves sustainability strategies have been greatly reduced and relegated over time. Latin America has the highest levels of biodiversity, a wide variety of climates, a~range of implementations and sustainable opportunities that have been sidelined versus the speed of innovation in construction projects, in this context, the design philosophy based on nature must be implemented as a premise from leaders to developers, regardless of the management method used. This document studies the sustainable construction progress in five Latin American countries, analyzing climatic, regulatory and socioeconomic aspects, with the aim of increasing processes efficiency towards better sustainable constructions. Consequently, it proposes a methodology for the creation of an effective sustainable tool which works hand in hand with information systems and synchronous digital collaboration (BIM, VCD or IPD), in order to improve the design and management of sustainable projects throughout their life cycle through specific design strategies and design guidelines for each city, using the cities of Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Santiago, Bogotá and Lima as a case study.

Em todo o mundo, há um interesse crescente no uso e consumo adequado de matérias-primas sustentáveis ​​que se baseiam na reciclagem e reaproveitamento de polímeros derivados do petróleo e outros materiais reciclados, como folhas de colaminados. Estas "alternativas sustentáveis" parecem ser uma solução atraente para os problemas ambientais, no entanto é importante considerar os potenciais impactos ambientais e de saúde pública que podem resultar da sua utilização. Portanto, o objetivo do nosso projeto de pesquisa é analisar as emissões de VOC de materiais poliméricos "sustentáveis", geralmente chapas e colaminados, e avaliar seus possíveis impactos ambientais e à saúde. Para tanto, um protótipo de câmara para medição de compostos orgânicos foi projetado e fabricado a partir do acoplamento de uma série de sensores para VOCs. Os resultados mostraram a presença de gases como CO, NO2, NH3 e material particulado, alguns dos quais estão acima dos limites permitidos de exposição humana, concluindo que as emissões de alguns VOCs podem representar um risco potencial tanto para o meio ambiente quanto para a saúde humana. É fundamental continuar pesquisando para encontrar alternativas sustentáveis ​​que não comprometam a saúde e o bem-estar das pessoas e do meio ambiente.

El concepto de renaturalización se ha abordado desde la noción de multiespecie (Hayles 2024) con el fin de crear una alternativa más amplia de relaciones entre organismos biológicos y tecnológicos que nos permita proponer una alternativa no antropocéntrica. La mirada a los temas urbanos y de ciudad, consideramos que ya no es objetual, es decir, de edificios, avenidas, infraestructuras, etc., y tampoco el de ciudad, pues esta la constituyen aspectos de biodiversidad relacionados como los ecosistemas de habitabilidad los cuales integran nuevos agentes: entre ellos los sistemas procesuales con los que tratan las ciudades inteligentes, datos e información, humedales, ríos y colectivos de organismos biológicos y ecosistemas artificiales los cuales conforman nuevas condiciones para la coexistencia. En este sentido, las conexiones expuestas como casos muestran ejemplos de renaturalización en diferentes contextos que van desde entornos ligados a lo natural hasta los colectivos urbanos contemporáneos, para señalar que los procesos de otras ecologías avanzan a través de redes cognitivas. Igualmente, consideramos que las dimensiones de la inteligencia superan las condiciones del homo y un conjunto diverso de distribuciones nos lleva a comprender nuevos ámbitos de conocimiento. Este artículo trata de incidir en la coexistencia con otras especies y corresponde a la especie humana optar por la resiliencia con los ecosistemas de la biodiversidad que emergen en los ecosistemas de ciudad.