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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 article is an overview of different previous approaches to the rehabilitation of Havana's old port. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Slowly since the sixties, and with more intensity during the eighties, old ports, having first been victims of industrial and transportation crisis, became objectives of what is known as mise en valeur. Those areas have an extraordinary potential for investment, because of their infrastructure, existing buildings and strategic localization in the city. It was a managing problem based on how to promote the old port as an attraction. Not only was important to underline the waterfront's charm, but to make acceptable by people a territory for decades neglected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The proposal for the rehabilitation of Havana's Old Port is an example of urban conservation planning. Conceptual approach is based on some facts as diversity in heritage, the importance of focusing on territorial relationships, and quality of living as the most important goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Las autoras reflexionan en sus experiencias como estudiantes de la arquitectura bajo de la enseñanza del instructor y arquitecto cubano profesor Pedro Patricio Gispert Fernández quien falleció en 2008, mientras discuten de la frase ''¡Felicidades y adelante!'' que siempre usaba el profesor.