The Architecture and Urban Critic´s Lab at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, originates from the initiative of a group of professors from the Architecture major, who have experience in the field of architecture design, criticism, theory, history, and urbanism; they are constantly working on research projects. Furthermore, at the faculty their purpose is reflexive thinking development of future architects, to form conscious professionals in their culture and environment. The process is led by the lab teachers where students are involved as active participants and thus become part of the new generation and contribution to the history and state of the city of Guayaquil.