<Symposium Overview: Presentations' outlines>20th Century Latin American Architecture: a network and an exhibition

Abstract

The Observatório de Arquitectura Latinoamericana Contemporánea – ODALC (Observatory of Contemporary Latin American Architecture) is a network of researchers of the University of São Paulo (Brazil), Universidad Nacional (Colombia) and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico) dedicated to the study of contemporary Latin American architecture and cities. As a joint research based in three different countries, with a yearly program of activities, distances and travel costs hinder a more flowing integration, although the existing availability of many IT communication and database facilities. These are diversionary set of tools, for their operational complexity, somewhat beyond real research needs in Humanities. This is a presentation that aims at showing some current modus operandi of the network, their limitation, and the present challenge of building a database and/or system that facilitates remote exchanges and also to discuss together the conception of a virtual/digital exhibition on the 20th century Latin American Architecture.