El uso de la realidad virtual (RV) en el diseño de proyectos puede ser una herramienta útil para facilitar el trabajo colaborativo a distancia, la toma de decisiones y el entendimiento espacial. Asimismo, puede ser un buen instrumento en el proceso de enseñanza- aprendizaje de la arquitectura. Aquí analizamos una experiencia colectiva de trabajo remoto donde estudiantes de arquitectura utilizaron modelación 3D y RV inmersiva en una actividad de dos semanas guiada por docentes. Mediante encuestas, entrevistas, y observaciones, buscamos entender el impacto de estas tecnologías en el proceso creativo, de aprendizaje y representacional de los/las estudiantes. Los resultados muestran que el tiempo de capacitación y experimentación es fundamental, que los equipos docentes requieren mayor aceptación al cambio, que los formatos finales deben ser coherentes con las herramientas usadas, y que existe gran diferencia en la percepción de estas tecnologías entre hombres y mujeres.

This scoping review explores the bamboo construction situation in Pakistan, including the species available, where they grow, built examples, perceptions, barriers to their use and the potential of the material, aiming to enable state-of-the-art use of bamboo in the country.

Although the international displacement of people caused by the Syrian conflict has dominated the media for the past several years, an inside story that is less visible requires more attention: that of internal displacement. More than half of the population of Syria has been forced to flee their houses. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in December 2017 accounted for more than six and a half million, more than a third of the total of population of Syria in 2011 (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), 2012 . http://www.internal-displacement.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/syria/ ). Displaced Syrians have experienced constraints in getting adequate housing for the short- and mid-term inside and outside the country. However, internal displacement, in particular, adds a dimension to the complex notion of mass sheltering. Sheltering policies, or lack thereof, as well as the shelter itself as a design and construction product all express the power of those who govern more than the aspirations of those who inhabit. Affected groups find solutions by themselves, via national or international organisations, or a combination of both. However, such solutions function under the influence of authorities controlling the area in which IDPs are received. Among the alternatives available to displaced communities, this paper reviews two cases of internally displaced families in Syria: a collective centre in government-controlled Damascus (schools) and a planned camp in Afes village in a rebel-held area near Idlib.