ArchSurvivor 2025 celebrated its first edition as an innovative architectural hackathon that brought together 50 students from the UEES Architecture program, divided into 10 teams of five members. During 24 intense hours, the participants faced a futuristic scenario in which Guayaquil was devastated by climate change, challenging them to propose...Read More

Students from the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) were among the 60 university students who participated in the preparation of the document that establishes clear rules for the development of road projects in the city. The guide, presented by the Mayor's Office of Guayaquil, is the result of a collaboration between the Municipality, the...Read More

Students from the Faculty of Architecture and Design carried out a Pop-Up urban intervention on Panama Street as part of the community outreach project. The main objective of the activity was to reactivate the public space through participatory methodology, energizing Luzárraga and Panamá Streets with recreational, educational and cultural activities aimed at...Read More

  Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) reaches a new milestone in its academic trajectory by being incorporated into the QS World University Rankings 2026, integrating the prestigious list of the best universities in the world. UEES is positioned within the exclusive group of the top one thousand institutions selected by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British organization recognized for...Read More

The Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) held the 2025 edition of its traditional Intercultural Day, an event organized by the students of the School of International Studies in order to promote knowledge and appreciation of the cultures of the world. This initiative has established itself as an important space for the university community, where the students...Read More

In commemoration of Interior Designer's Day, the Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) through the Faculty of Architecture, held a workshop with the companies Sherwin Williams and Pladecons. This space was aimed at students of the Interior Architecture career with the objective of learning about the work of interior designers and the...Read More

Students from the School of Architecture of the Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) received diplomas for their work in the preparation of the Guayaquil Street Design Guide, which is part of the Safe Streets Manual Project. The initiative was carried out by the Municipality of Guayaquil with the collaboration of The Bloomberg...Read More

In December 2024, the integral architectural intervention of the recreational spaces at the 26 de junio School, located in the Buijo Histórico, was successfully completed. This project, carried out by students from the School of Architecture and Design, aimed to improve the quality of the spaces intended for play and recreation....Read More

On December 17, 2024, the revitalization of the catechesis room in the San Miguel Febres Cordero parish, located in Buijo Histórico in the Samborondón canton, was completed. This project, designed by students from the School of Architecture and Design, sought to improve the teaching environment for children, youth and adults who actively participate in the...Read More

The World Urban Forum is the most important global conference on sustainable urbanization. Daniela Hidalgo, researcher at Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) and Director of Quality and Accreditations, represented the institution at the Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum, WUF12, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat),...Read More

Students collected 3,156 cans to build the “Roots of Kindness” sculpture. Under the slogan “Sowing love”, the CANStruction campaign was carried out, an initiative aimed at the prevention and eradication of child malnutrition. Organized by the Diakonía Food Bank and the Mayor's Office of Samborondón, this inter-school and inter-university contest was aimed at...Read More

In the third edition of the Pronobis Awards, architecture students from the Universidad Espiritu Santo (UEES) stood out by winning first, second and third place in the competition, beating 30 projects nationwide. Isabel Noboa Pontón, President of Nobis Holding de Inversiones and founder of this initiative, awarded the winners whose...Read More

The first phase of the Mars 2023 Challenge was a great success, the international meeting will be held in October. Espiritu Santo University brought together 120 students to fulfill a mission: to create projects in 24 hours that make life on the red planet possible. This event, in hackathon format, is the first part of the...Read More

The hackathon competition will test the creativity and ingenuity of university students. What is needed to survive on the red planet? That is the premise posed for hundreds of students who will participate in the Hackathon Reto Marte 2023, an initiative of the Ibero-American organization Virtual Educa, in which...Read More

The Ecolodge/glamping has become an architectural alternative to the existing tourist diversification that seeks to provide sustainable lodging. Ecotourism in Ecuador is a catapult to international tourism, since it is considered as a “destination to discover” of high potential, due to the innumerable areas of attraction and cultural diversity, ethnic, customs that...Read More

Is it possible to think of turning Guayaquil into a 15-minute city? Climate change is undoubtedly an effect that worries everyone, whose main contributor is the city itself. According to the United Nations (UN), 55% of the world's population is living in cities, projecting...Read More

This article is focused on sharing recommendations to improve creativity in the design proposal by applying the collaborative methodology of Design Thinking, which translates to Design Thinking, which is applied in different disciplines, in order to identify and solve problems creatively. Chris Nodder mentions that the process of...Read More

The technical meaning of millenials is based on those people born between 1980-2000, known by this name because they have grown up with the turn of the millennium, living through prosperity and crisis, and represent 75% of the global workforce approximately. (Janire, 2017) This is the generation that makes use of the internet and enjoys...Read More