Customized IoT devices for the architectural education future in connectivity for smart cities

Architecture, and urbanism, in synergy with electronic engineering, computing, and mechatronics, promote the development of applications and services for smart cities in the context of the Fourth Industrial revolution. We link this knowledge from the implementation of IoT in undergraduate education in the field of architecture, in a model to analyze behavior patterns of users and environment variables, monitoring thousands of daily data, to optimize the efficiency and performance of the problems of buildings, promoting people-centered design. Our academic ecosystem is inspired by the traditional use of the PBL of design studios but powered by emerging technologies selected for this research (IoT, Cloud Computing, Microservices, and Parametric Design), to customize GPRS/GSM devices, according to students needs and design problems. Our validation included four knowledge integration mechanisms and the evaluation of the effectiveness of student work to build a low-cost implementation ecosystem: Socialization (Microcontroller Software and Circuit Design), exchange (Telecommunication software), direction (Backend Serverless software), and internalization (Parametric Design). As a whole, it promotes teamwork, collaboration, interaction, constant feedback, and student adaptability, providing an academic background for the construction of sustainable cities from a Latin American perspective.