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Light roofs, especially those made of asbestos-cement have been widely used in Cuba. Their use includes a wide range of building types, such as industrial facilities, warehouses, temporary facilities and that which is the focus of this paper: the one-story single-family home. These coverings have a high incidence of damage as a result of high winds produced by hurricanes and tornadoes. This paper presents a study of how the force of the wind acts on these buildings, the identification of points on the roof more susceptible to damage and a proposal of solutions - in addition to stipulations in the building code on the assembly of these roofs - to increase their resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of the paper is to show the educational novelty of a new subject of the architect's formation curriculum at the "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas Central University (UCLV), aimed at updating and promoting a critical vision among the students about contemporary urbanization processes and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Taking into account the reality and trends of world urbanization processes, the hypothesis is formulated that an education in sustainability needs to develop a social awareness focused on the SDGs 2030. The Sustainable Urbanization and 2030 Agenda subject is explained, as well as the results of its application and the lessons learned of this novel experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with interior design of social housing in Cuba. The work starts form the idea that interior design is a component of the architectural design, but this relation depends on architectural factors as well as other coming from the social conditions of its production. This work uses theoretical methods to explain the results of studies devoted to define satisfaction levels of people regarding their home spaces, and the conditions of production of habitat in last decades. This paper exposes some of the principal problems of indoor spaces at home; explains its possible causes and proposes approaches for its solution. We conclude that interior design of social housing is different from other type of buildings so it must be reviewed in the politics of housing under nowadays-productive conditions in order to improve its quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present a panoramic view of the impact of climate change on the Cuban Southeast. It discusses the principal threats and risks affecting coastal areas, and describes the most recent and pertinent results of scientific research carried out with the aim of tackling climate change in such areas. Programmes that have been adopted in order to identify and implement solutions regarding Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the management of human settlements are also presented. Such programmes aim to reduce vulnerabilities resulting from serious natural threats, progressive sea-level rise or from the effects observed through models of upwelling in the case of hurricanes of different categories. This paper concludes that climatic change in the Cuban Southeast is a process beyond doubt, and it is currently being confronted as a matter of priority; more than ten programmes have already been put in action, involving various collaborating institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mario Coyula Cowley is not only one of the most important figures of Cuban architecture and urbanism in the second half of the twentieth century, but a personality of national culture. We can say the above for his work as head of important tasks in Cuba, for his many books and articles, which reflected his thinking about architecture and urbanism as a part of culture and his ideas about the built heritage as linked to a living man and life. The following paper aims to pay tribute to this regal personality of our culture. His written papers and books and archive material that provides accurate data on his live and work has supported the text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A general overview on the macroeconomic context of housing, as well as general aspects on housing policy and goals are shown in the paper together with their position in different socio-economic systems. Four different sets of variables were identified to make the Cuban housing system possible. These are: tenure, including rights and responsibilities inherent to different forms of possession and other legal aspects; land supply, an important element in housing production as a separate element; promotion, production and distribution as one group and lastly, financing, subsidies and payment. The paper also refers to the revolutionary housing policy measures taken and analyzes today's outcomes and contradictions in housing. Some selected results of a recently carried out survey among Cuban experts on housing policy matters applied by the author are compared to the new economic order introduced by the guidelines for the 6th Party Congress. First implementations of these guidelines into laws, decrees and rules are inserted and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents some reflections regarding how students training is carried out through Technology and Construction Organization discipline. It deals with the values developed in the different subjects and their relationships with the aims and the contents of the syllabuses. This has been enhanced by means of the discussions arisen from the elaboration of the Curriculum for Architecture (Plan C), its improvement and then, the designing of the current Curriculum (Plan D).The resulting proposals shown and suggested in the conclusions of the paper come from the teaching practice and the systematic reviewing and changes performed in each subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the results of the students' workshop "Santiago de Cuba: a Safe City" (SC+SC) are presented at the VII International Meeting City Image and Memory held on May 2011. It aimed at searching for alternatives to increase the security of human settlement, applying the alternatives to two vulnerable sectors of the city of Santiago de Cuba. The workshop was coordinated by Arch. Julio Cesar Pérez Velázquez with the collaboration of the professors: Zoila Baños, Grisel Cabezas, Luís Enrique Bello, Julio Cesar Pérez, and also the special participation of Arch. José Antonio Choy. This paper shows the motivations and details of the workshop and the students´ proposals, emphasizing the need to go over these topics for the new generation of architects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the paper is to analyze the potentialities and insufficiencies in the development of cultural heritage tourism in the city of Santiago de Cuba. The information gathered for the work was the result of the analysis and synthesis of data obtained in tourism's enterprises in the city. The empirical methods used in the research were direct observation and interviews to groups of experts. The paper evaluates the main contradiction in using cultural heritage as touristic resource, and the potentialities and insufficiencies in the development of tourism in Santiago de Cuba. As a final remark, the author states that the city of Santiago de Cuba has attractions that allow to place it at the top of national tourism. However, there are insufficiencies related to management, promotion, tourism policies, the misuse of cultural resources and the opportunities offered by the regional context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the partial results of an investigation carried out at the School of Architecture at CUJAE since 1994. It gives data obtained from more than fifty research papers that include Diploma, Master and Doctorate theses which have provided different solutions for ceiling and cover building systems in Cuba. This paper also shows the most common causes to the problems of durability, and bad building conditions in dwelling buildings constructed from XVlll to XX century, together with their possible solutions. Through this investigation, data from more than four provinces and seven municipalities have been collected. The most common similarities and differences found in the eight hundred seventy three buildings under study have been analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the partial results of an investigation carried out at the School of Architecture at CUJAE since 1994. It gives data obtained from more than fifty research papers that include Diploma, Master and Doctorate theses which have provided different solutions for ceiling and cover building systems in Cuba. This paper also shows the most common causes to the problems of durability, and bad building conditions in dwelling buildings constructed from XVlll to XX century, together with their possible solutions. Through this investigation, data from more than four provinces and seven municipalities have been collected. The most common similarities and differences found in the eight hundred seventy three buildings under study have been analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper includes preliminary conclusions regarding the importance of quality and long time performance of buildings, particularly housing buildings, from the viewpoint of the satisfaction of the users, as well as socioeconomic consequences and impact of problems related with quality. A case study is presented, where the impact of long time performance of buildings is assessed, and the influence of quality problems, all base on the perception of the inhabitants. The Post-Occupation Evaluation (POE) of the buildings is a little-used tool in Cuba and overseas, regardless of the significant benefits of its use to improve construction quality. The case studied is the housing project La Granjita, which initiated in Santa Clara in 1998. The project consists of multi-family low-rise buildings conceived on purpose for this environment, who have undergone a sudden process of deterioration, mainly because of errors in design and malfunctioning, which have a negative impact on the quality of life of residents. The main thrust of the paper is the presentation of the techniques and methodology used for the POE, as well as the specific conclusions deriving from the analysis, which would contribute to resolve these problems from the conception phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From a Third World vision, the present paper deals with some international methods to evaluate sustainability in Projects and realizations, at architectural and urban scale, in order to, valuate in a comparative way, strengths and weakness, mainly taking into account their possible application in developing countries, and particularly in Cuba. The research started by looking for a method to evaluate sustainability in the University of Informatics Sciences, and it was later on extended with the inclusion of the African experience. The evaluative categories differ from one system to the other, but all of them emphasize the environmental dimension of sustainability. Only two methods coming from developing countries include social dimension and the necessity of an endogenous approach, which is an important current challenge for Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text discusses sustainability in architecture and its relation to vernacular building techniques, i. e., how adaptation and invention marked the creation of some of the first places of worship of the Chilean evangelical church. An analytical method was adopted for the study of how the temples were designed and built, and a mixed inductive-deductive method was employed for the identification of key practices that made possible low-power consumption and a minimal impact on the environment. Two main practices were identified. The first one consists in the reuse of buildings, structures, materials, furniture and typologies (adaptation). The second practice involves the creation ex nihilo of solutions for load-bearing structures, construction details and modes of financing (invention). Having demonstrated the sustainable qualities of the temples' construction, in the early twentieth century, and with the certainty that such techniques are perfectly feasible today, this paper concludes that the impediment to sustainable construction today is ethical -- not technical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the actions toward a more sustainable development, a poor understanding of the role of architecture and urban design to achieve this goal is appreciated in Cuba. The objective of this paper is to show how it is possible to improve the sustainability in a built environment, by simple and economic transformations, taking as study object the Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas (UCI). A qualitative urban diagnosis was carried out in order to define the main performance strategies. The proposals are progressive, based on minimum intervention and maximum impact. Some of them are: rezoning to reduce distances, using alternative transportation means as bicycles and zero energy minibuses, incorporating new services, using renewable sources of energy and creating an ecological park with a wetland for the gray water treatment. This diagnosis allowed to select the more problematic buildings to be transformed based on a qualitative and quantitative evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the actions toward a more sustainable development, a poor understanding of the role of architecture and urban design to achieve this goal is appreciated in Cuba. The objective of this paper is to show how it is possible to improve the sustainability in a built environment, by simple and economic transformations, taking as study object the Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas (UCI). A qualitative urban diagnosis was carried out in order to define the main performance strategies. The proposals are progressive, based on minimum intervention and maximum impact. Some of them are: rezoning to reduce distances, using alternative transportation means as bicycles and zero energy minibuses, incorporating new services, using renewable sources of energy and creating an ecological park with a wetland for the gray water treatment. This diagnosis allowed to select the more problematic buildings to be transformed based on a qualitative and quantitative evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports the results of research conducted in order to propose a system of lightweight sun protection devices that can be produced in Cuba and added to the facades of the buildings in order to reduce the heat load through the architectural envelope and the energy consumption. For this, a modular indoor air- conditioned space with three possible functions, of which the requirements were derived to satisfy the elements of sun protection design, was defined. Its performance in terms of reduced heat transfer and natural lighting inside was assessed using automated simulation with Ecotect V5. The application in a case study helped to show that the required investment for the solar protection of the building facade can be amortized in less than two years from reducing air conditioning load. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Foreign students that do not speak Spanish in the faculty of architecture in Cuba receive Spanish classes for the first two years of their career. An essential content is to analyze different types of texts, specifically descriptive ones. The purpose of this paper is to present a teaching experience about the instruction of content description. The experience is centred on how the content related to the profession. The novel "Cecilia Valdés" from Cirilo Villaverde was chosen because it is an extraordinary picture of the XIX century and where students can learn the characteristics of social life in Cuba during that period. Students were greatly motivated by the experience and developed professional skills which are very important to future architects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A holography team in the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría and various institutions of the country developed applications for museums in Cuba. With support from the National Council of Culture Heritage, permanent holographic exhibitions were set up in museums around the country. This paper analyzes the internal and external damage factors that could affect the exposed holograms in some museums of the Havana. It also presents findings about their conservation status in order to propose a set of preventive measures to improve the preservation of these items. We conclude that the main causes of deterioration of the exposed hologram are through various errors, shortcomings in handling the pieces, and ignorance about the norms to be followed to achieve adequate conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the beginning of 1970s,the author has been involved in the use of Ferrocement for the civil construction in Cuba. He learned much by studying the work of engineers from Brazil and Canada. He has also worked as a planner or an adviser in the field of building construction throughout Cuba. With more than 40 years of experience, and several monographs and books published, the author describes in this paper the application and its results in different types of buildings like vessels, urban works, monuments, houses, tanks, swimming pools and others, which placed Cuba as one of the countries with larger use and development of ferrocement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A variety of singular factors have shaped the development of the Cuban sugar industry, and they have left distinct regional imprints across the island. Camaguey, one of the most under-populated provinces at the turn of the 20th century, had unique regional geographic conditions that contributed to the growth of sugar-cane production. This paper identifies those conditions as they shaped the construction of sugar mills and their surrounding hinterlands. Clusters of sugar-cane production are identified through traditional archival work and graphic analysis. Findings show a clear pattern of axes of growth which gave structure to the province. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes the characteristics and operation of Albear Aqueduct, an exceptional work of Cuban engineering of all time, designed by the military engineer Francisco Albear and Lara, who also directed its implementation over the second half of the nineteenth century. This important work was able to meet and exceed the needs of the people of that time with excellent water quality and continues running efficiently to the present. For its excellent design won major national and international awards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the emergence and development of the white-light holograms, new possibilities were created for its utilization as a social education medium due to the characteristic of producing a three-dimensional image which constitutes an optical duplicate of the object. The paper shows the results achieved in the implementation of holography to museology as a contribution to the dissemination and conservation of Cuban cultural heritage through the construction and use of permanent holographic exhibitions in museums as a result of university extension from physical investigations conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper shows the experiences in the teaching of a subject, Project, to freshmen students of architecture, during the implementation of the new curriculum, where self-learning and self-training are essential. A methodological work of the staff was performed in order to design exercises to fulfill the objectives of the syllabus promoting the students independence and creativity. The use of supplementary materials in a creative way has been one of the main outcomes. Examples of the exercises done as well as images of each ones were shown. As a result, high motivation for the subject was more evident due to students' interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main cooling strategy in warm climates, as that of Cuba, is the solar control. However, the sun brake was in disuse, so glass windows without solar protection was increased and the costs of its affectations were ignored. The objectives of this paper are: to characterize the historical evolution of the use of brise-soleil as a shady resource and to obtain the designing angles for solar protection elements so that they can be more efficient and economic. Through virtual simulation (validated through a scale model experiment) the parameters proposed by the current rules and other national documents regarding the design of solar protection in architecture were checked. The criterion for a single type of solar protection element in the north and south facades in the city of Camaguey was changed. Besides, it was demonstrated that multiple elements are more efficient. On the other hand, optimized angles for the design of these elements were proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a project for building new classrooms for the University of Havana. This building intended for lecturing is located in K street and 27, Vedado, near the university campus. The project, requested by the Department of Investments at the University of Havana and by Havana Design Enterprise, offers a solution to the increasing spatial needs of the university which includes a functional proposal with an image according to the demands of the new century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Higher education shows important changes in the last decade in Cuba which has required the transformation of university facilities. This process has taken place in an empirical way by adapting the standards used for more than twenty years to the current demands of higher education. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how these transformations were influenced by the impact of the information technologies on the education process and the way this affects the functioning of buildings. Four universities in Havana City were taken as study cases; The Higher Institute of Art; the University of Havana; the University of Informatics and the José A. Echeverría Higher Polytechnic Institute. Current trends for the architectural building programs in Cuba have been defined and recommendations for updating design standards in higher education institutions are also set. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The University considered as a generating-knowledge center in the teaching process at undergraduate and postgraduate studies carries out extramural research. This paper assesses the evolution of the academic thinking about housing, based on theoretical and methodological approaches used at Havana School of Architecture during the last thirty years. The theoretical and empirical research results show that the University has always been involved in the solution of the housing problem; allow to assess the evolution of thinking in relation to the international trends, confirm the leading role of the University at all times, and demonstrate the slowness in the application of the new knowledge to the social practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new reading the ancient Saint Claire of Assisi convent from the archaeological and historical approach This paper provides a new view of the history of the ancient Saint Claire of Assisi monastery located in Old Havana, headquarters of the National Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museology (CENCREM). The main goal of the research is to explain the historical evolution of the convent through the technological and constructive changes that took place in the building. The information collected until now has enhanced the knowledge about the history of the building in a more accurate way than historiography could do. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A discussion on how to teach History of Architecture is under way at the School of Architecture of Havana. Some members of faculty say that knowledge should not be taught the traditional way, what means following a chronological order related to geographic regions. They propose that History should respond to those Design themes to be developed by students, as happens in other foreign universities. This paper shows the opinion of the three authors who sustain that History should be taught following the chronological sequence. Their concepts are based on experience teaching that subject along more than twenty years in Cuba and other countries and also trough the analysis of other universities' curricula, and must of all, because of Cuban particularities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes a Project of a housing building in the neighborhood of Colon, belonging to the borough of Centro Habana, as part of the Diploma of its author. This project attempts to demonstrate with a practical example, the necessity of the recuperation of values in the central areas of Havana City. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Housing is a very important priority for people, society as a whole and city development. The cuban state works to give every family an appropiate house. But housing can not be considered only as itself but as a system having to do with social, economic, land, building and environment policies, among others, searching for a sustainable development. In spite of the achievements reached, the housing policies and strategies applied did not have a system approach connecting other elements such as finances, materials and population, also needed in order to garantee its success. This paper states the need and possibility to achieve a systemic housing policy, making emphasis in its multidimensional, multidisciplinary and multiactoral characteristics and proposes a methodology and its application with this purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Taking as much advantage as possible of the urban land is a basic principle for the sustainable development of the built environment. It depends on the urban model and also, on the architectural typologies, but the main conditioning factor relating these two scales is the relationship between indoors and outdoors in order to achieve appropriate environmental conditions in interior spaces. On the other hand, housing building typologies are decisive in land use and densities. The paper presents a methodological approach for urban models and architectural typologies (housing buildings) evaluation, taking into account parameters and indicators of their quality and economy, where land use and indoors environment are the main and contradictory variables studied. The results permitted to establish urban planning and architectural design indicator to get an appropriate use of the urban land, ensuring at the same time, adequate environmental conditions in housing interior spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with tall buildings erected in the City of Havana that are used as apartments and lodgings representing the Modern Movement built during the 50's in the XX century. An architectonic typology since the beginning of the XX century is discussed to understand the transformations that had taken place. Emphasis to different elements such as space, adequate climate, volume treatment and their formal expression is made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an overall view of the scarce development of urban archaeology in the city of Matanzas, in Cuba, in contrast with the historical centers such as Old Havana, Trinidad, Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba, where an important archaeological work related to the restoration and conservation of the architectural heritage is carried out. However, in this city, sporadic archaeological work takes place -occasionally to address the specific problems of some buildings- whereas the majority of places have been minimally intervened in or only have recorded casual findings. In addition, the lack of policies directed to the rescue of the urban archaeological heritage and the secondary role of archaeology in historical contexts are also shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the main results of the rehabilitation of an important symbol of the Matanzas City heritage, the Monserrat Eremite, as well as the preliminary research studies done, are exposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The requalification of the public spaces demonstrates to be one of the most feasible alternatives to begin the process of rehabilitation of historical centers. The Vigía Square, in the city of Matanzas, is one of these potential spaces that can be seen like the obligatory departure place for the works of patrimonial rescue in the city. The objective of this paper is to determine the intervention premises and chronology of the actions to rehabilitate the Vigía Square by means of a meticulous study of the history and the application of tools of managerial management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the period of colonial Havana had sculptural works and monuments, first made by foreign artists and then from the late nineteenth century, also by Cuban sculptor. This paper makes a brief review of outstanding examples of sculpture in the Centro Habana municipality and also addresses, for their significance examples located in a border area with Old Havana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper gathers the results of a study that took place in four areas of Havana City with the aim of identifying people's preferences in housing design as part of a wider research program that proposed specific housing solutions for the city's central areas. The study included 684 dwellings in the neighborhoods Habana Vieja, Centro Habana, Cerro, and 10 de Octubre. A total of 774 people from the complete sample of 2 374 were interviewed. The work brings design criteria for new housing buildings to be settled in the traditional city based on the characterization of the people (age, sex, occupation and learning); definition of patterns of domestic activity; preferences in relation to the spaces and the predilections and possibilities regarding the progressivity of the housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Cuba, the training program for PhDs in the specialty of Architecture began at the end of the 70s and it has gone through various stages and approaches. The present paper aims to analyze the evolution and results of the former program, regarding the number of Doctors, their age, the topics developed in their thesis and the modalities used throughout their education. Also, the internationally known traditional conflict between research and professional practice, both necessary for the architect's training, is tackled. Finally, it is approved the basics for the new program for the Architecture curricular doctorate in 2009, and it is reflected on the future perspectives for the doctor's training in the island. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the period of colonial Havana had sculptural works and monuments, first made by foreign artists and then from the late nineteenth century, also by Cuban sculptor. This paper makes a brief review of outstanding examples of sculpture in the Centro Habana municipality and also addresses, for their significance examples located in a border area with Old Havana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Cuba, the training program for PhDs in the specialty of Architecture began at the end of the 70s and it has gone through various stages and approaches. The present paper aims to analyze the evolution and results of the former program, regarding the number of Doctors, their age, the topics developed in their thesis and the modalities used throughout their education. Also, the internationally known traditional conflict between research and professional practice, both necessary for the architect's training, is tackled. Finally, it is approved the basics for the new program for the Architecture curricular doctorate in 2009, and it is reflected on the future perspectives for the doctor's training in the island. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper gathers the results of a study that took place in four areas of Havana City with the aim of identifying people's preferences in housing design as part of a wider research program that proposed specific housing solutions for the city's central areas. The study included 684 dwellings in the neighborhoods Habana Vieja, Centro Habana, Cerro, and 10 de Octubre. A total of 774 people from the complete sample of 2 374 were interviewed. The work brings design criteria for new housing buildings to be settled in the traditional city based on the characterization of the people (age, sex, occupation and learning); definition of patterns of domestic activity; preferences in relation to the spaces and the predilections and possibilities regarding the progressivity of the housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An approach to the problem of cultural diversity at Guanabacoa Historical Center and its importance for the conservation processes of heritage are given in this paper. From a general to a particular analysis, ideas are aimed at presenting in an opened and unfinished way, important matters structured from three main topics: "The Historical Centre of Guanabacoa, as an expression of the cultural diversity of its people"," Cultural diversity as heritage", and "Considerations for the heritage conservation in the Historical Centre of Guanabacoa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The definition of the departures, patents and their incidence in the total maximum price of the construction services has great importance since it allows to economically evaluate the solutions given to new projects. Besides, it constitutes a tool for budgets' estimation. At present, it is only possible to foresee the budget of a project after having a preliminary design, and even after having carried out this, it is not possible to know if the calculated budget is in a logical interval according to a previously established value. This paper aims at determining a mathematical expression that allows to estimate the Total Maximum Price of the Construction Services starting from the study of the Budgetary System used in the Construction in Cuba (PreCons II), based on the analysis of the construction of schools in the country. The results show that out of the fourteen variables that make up the Total Price, only the materials, the labour force and the use of teams are independent. This makes possible the estimation of the Total Maximum Price, being the costs of the materials the more significant ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the partial results of an investigation carried out at the School of Architecture at CUJAE since 1994. It provides the development and results of the work carried out in part one. A critical analysis of inadequate treatment and losses are shown in this article, emphasizing the reasons not to employ this kind of treatment and what to do instead. The whole study is supported by diagrams, illustrations, pictures, maps and other aids that are going to be used in further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cajobabo settlement is a rural town located in Imías municipality, in Guantánamo province. Cajobabo's evolution, achievements and current problems that limit its development are analyzed in this paper. Emphasis is made on its heritage values and the possibilities for its development, for which some suggestions are given in order to garantee an adequate management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper briefly describes the stages of the historical evolution of the town of Matahambre, the physical spatial characteristics that identify the town and distinguish it in the Cuban geography with forms that characterize the settlement which adapts to the rough topography and the vegetation during the process of urbanization. All this makes up a peculiar place, with a rustic architecture that has been coined as a wild landscape. Lastly, cultural values as well as historical memories and attributes which give matahambre the features of a cultural landscape are shown in this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following results belong to a significant research that has been carried out by the School of Architecture since a long time ago, where the contents of the subjects Technology and Project have been put into practice. These studies were done annually from 1998 up to 2007 and were presented at the International Urban Studies Workshop in Cerro, also, as a diploma paper and in granting(getting) the master's degree. Partial results about some diploma thesis of the architects Carlos Alberto Pupo González (October 2003), Sándor Pérez González and architect Carina Marrero Leivas (June 2007) are also shown. The work entitled "Different housings studies in Cerro" showed a variety of ideas about the development and use of materials as well as building techniques for the community; also, investigations about types of housing and their charactristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An approach to the problem of cultural diversity at Guanabacoa Historical Center and its importance for the conservation processes of heritage are given in this paper. From a general to a particular analysis, ideas are aimed at presenting in an opened and unfinished way, important matters structured from three main topics: "The Historical Centre of Guanabacoa, as an expression of the cultural diversity of its people"," Cultural diversity as heritage", and "Considerations for the heritage conservation in the Historical Centre of Guanabacoa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]