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The main purpose of this thesis research is to develop the design of the new market for the Baños parish. This initiative originates from the request of the GAD president, with the aim of providing high-quality equipment that promotes the economic and social progress of the parish. The project’s development is structured into several chapters. Firstly, a comprehensive analysis of the regulations governing market design was carried out, with the intention of establishing the legal and technical foundations upon which the architectural design will be based. Next, a study of relevant case studies was conducted to extract architectural and urban criteria applicable to our project. In the third section, a detailed analysis of the existing conditions and challenges that must be addressed and solved through architectural design is performed. Finally, the project itself was developed, integrating all previous research and analysis into the architectural design to meet the established objectives. This process involves the definition of spaces, appropriate distribution of sales areas, inclusion of common areas and services, as well as consideration of aesthetic and environmental aspects that contribute to the integration of the market into the urban environment.

The Empresa Municipal de Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Saneamiento de Gualaceo, (EMAPAS-G EP) has had a rapid growth since its foundation in 2010, which has led to an increase in the demand for its services and, therefore, to the need of having more spacious and adequate administrative and customer service facilities, for this reason the company requested the development of a preliminary architectural design study. The methodology for the research will use the mixed typology, which includes quantitative and qualitative, this because it will analyze theoretical foundations, the site where the project will be located, case studies, among others that will guide us to obtain design criteria to conceive the architectural draft, and thus finally quantify data either comfort for proper habitability in the administrative building, or spatial architectural character. The expected results are to achieve a building that meets the needs required by the company, transmitting its mission and vision in the resolution of the project. This is achieved under criteria of sustainability, functionality, permeability, versatility, resulting in a product that serves as a project reference and aspire that in a second stage it is possible to develop the executive project.

The demand for electricity in Ecuador increased by 8.13% in 2021 compared to the previous year, which highlights the need to guarantee the expansion and equitable access to this basic service. However, the Santa Isabel canton lacks an adequate administrative building so that the Central South Regional Electric Company can provide care in this territory. The design of this type of building represents a challenge, since national and local regulations do not include requirements to create healthy and sustainable work environments. The objective of this research is to design at a preliminary project level an administrative building for CENTROSUR in the Santa Isabel canton, using sustainable criteria to promote the work well-being of users and optimize energy performance. The hypothesis raised is that the implementation of bioclimatic strategies can meet these objectives. The methodology used includes an adequate theoretical foundation to support the urbanarchitectural design, as well as the diagnosis of the site of action. A preliminary project has been developed that considers the institutional objectives of the company and applies the principles of bioclimatic architecture. In addition, the energy performance of the building has been evaluated through three-dimensional comfort simulations. The main results demonstrate that the project satisfactorily achieves thermal, lighting and ventilation comfort in different analyses, including the hottest and coldest periods, as well as critical days. It could be said that the simulation reveals the different variations in the physical parameters of the space, however, the building maintains generally acceptable parameters, offering indoor environmental quality.

During the COVID-19 sanitary emergency, spaces for the final destination of corpses remained scarce, since local capacities were quickly overwhelmed by the sudden and significant increase in the number of deaths. The deficient infrastructure caused the collapse of several services and irregularities when receiving the remains of the deceased, and one of the spaces that suffered from shortages was the parish cemetery of Victoria del Portete. The thesis contains the preliminary readjustment project, which through case studies proposes a design to reestablish the existing tombs, as well as the expansion and reorganization of new spaces for the final resting of the deceased of the parish and its surroundings. Through bibliographic research, information gathering in the place, and review of international references, a preliminary project is proposed consisting of different actions: Necro-geography and land use patterns in cemeteries, interpretation of activities or funeral rites in cemeteries, architectural styles according to the social context and economic profile of the community, environmental impact linked to the proximity to residential areas, and finally the management of corpses to minimize the psychological impact of the community.

In 2015, the Millennium School was inaugurated in the north of the parish of Victoria del Portete, which is why the educational institution "Remigio Romero" remains unused, a space that has become an urban void due to the lack of use given to it over the years. Based on this premise, the present research is carried out to reactivate this space with new uses that are inte- grated into the existing social dynamics of the sector.

Bioclimatics is the process of adapting to the natural context, taking full advantage of the site resources to achieve greater comfort, however, the evolution of societies and their economic development has led to a loss of awareness about the main factors that used to influence the construction of habitable space, climate and the physical conditions of the site, giving more importance to representative and symbolic functions. Considering that 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, more than 75% will by 2050, and that they generate about 67% of the greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption, the development of cities must be oriented towards a more sustainable alternative where “urban design is the most important tool when creating a sustainable society” (Kim; Kwon, 2018), and considering the importance of public spaces in cities, a projectual shift of focus is necessary in the design of public spaces towards a sustainable and bioclimatic approach. Cuenca being a rapidly growing medium-sized city, has the opportunity to reorient its development, that’s why this study focuses on considering the climate and its effects on the development of the architectural projectual process of outdoor public spaces seeking to improve their degree of comfort against the climate while focused on the specific environmental conditions of Cuenca, proposing the making of a method of application of bioclimatic guidelines for architectural urban design in the city of Cuenca.

The Historic Center of Cuenca faces several problems related to the low population density. In the present project, an alternative focused on the mentioned topic is proposed by means of the design of a housing complex adaptable for social housing that meets the necessary requirements to densify the selected city block center and that also favors the self-sustainability of the city. The result is a design that meets the demands raised, giving the option to replicate it to other city block centers and projecting a consecutive increase in population density by 16% compared to the census carried out by INEC in 2010.

The present text is born in empathy to the students at the moment of the architectural design of complex equipment. By accompanying the designer, it is possible to guide him or her to efficiently assist the users, which triggers a series of potentials for a successful design of a space that will allow the staff to maintain a state of well-being and work efficiently, to better the ability to assist patients. This document arms the reader with guidelines that provide support in the development of a healthcare facility, but at the same time to think about the progressiveness of the architecture. In addition, it aspires to the reader’s reflection on the relevance of the implantation site and supports the concept of humanized space as a space created not only to heal diseases and illnesses but the complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being. This work is offered as a guide to be developed in a 5-step methodology: typological model, organizational packages, site analysis, criteria, and images of the result. Then, we proceed to develop a preliminary draft project in the province of Azuay, specifically, the type B health center that has the facility to develop a type C, for the canton of San Fernando to demonstrate the feasibility of the guide. The results obtained are favorable when developing a new health facility, since the guide can guide the design of the project with progressive, flexible, and human welfare character, and considers each criterion according to the reader’s expertise.

Heritage entities and green areas have been left in the background due to the uncontrolled increase in population growth in Gualaceo. As a result, spaces for social recreation and integration with nature have been considerably delimited. The Chacapamba sector has unique characteristics such as heritage elements and spaces with green areas, which can be enhanced for the benefit of its population. Objective: Generate a preliminary urban architectural project in the Chacapamba sector, Gualaceo, highlighting the specific characteristics of the area for the benefit of its population. Method: An exploratory qualitative analysis identifies the characteristics of the Chacapamba area, valuation guidelines, which will be the basis for the design criteria of the pre-project. Results: An urban architectural blueprint was generated with design strategies that empower the specific features of the sector, especially its heritage elements and natural surroundings.

Urban equipment (educational units), on which academic learning is based, is the physical environment that configures the relationship between city, space and inhabitant. In the country, the lack of coverage and lack of school infrastructure is the main problem in educational institutions, in the city of Cuenca, the Cazadores de los Ríos Educational Unit presents a series of problems due to the lack of infrastructu- re due to the increase in students in recent years, and the deficit of classrooms, public areas, and underutilized spaces. For this reason, the repowering of the educational unit is proposed, which gua- rantees the improvement of the current state through a design according to the needs. Therefore, this document, which is born from a process of analysis and previous research, seeks to reach the conception of criteria to be taken into account, in the development of the repowering of the new educational unit.

In Ecuador, the lack of housing has come to violate the vital rights of low-income families. Only in Cuenca city there is a deficit of 14,608 homes, this due to the fact that 7,821 families are part of the extreme poverty group, and 6,787 families are part of the moderate poverty group, therefore, the difficulty of access to dignified housing. As a response to this harsh reality, the main objective of this research is to demonstrate the effectiveness of an academic process developed through experimentation and with the elaboration of a practical application proposal on a dynamic habitat model. The educational practice of the students is enriched through the execution of the experimental pedagogical model, thus innovating the teaching process and ensuring a good development of professional skills. In addition, it is intended to provide a real experience on the Steel Frame construction system in the construction of dignified housingfor the neediest populations. Thus, contributing to a great extent to the problem of low-cost housing deficit. For the development of this work, the research team used a qualitative-descriptive methodological approach, based on a case study and complemented with information collected through different instruments. In the project participated a family with limited economic resources, made up of 8 members of which 7 were children with ages ranging between 3 - 16 years and the mother who served as the head of the household. This project was applied in the rural area south of the city of Cuenca, in the El Lirio sector, belonging to Turi parish. The main conclusions of this work demonstrate that, from the social role, architecture and academia contribute significantly to the innovation of knowledge. Also, with the architecture teaching model, knowledge is better assimilated, an example of this is the knowledge shared between students. Likewise, regarding construction systems, the adaptability and responses of the Steel Frame system to unfavorabl

This Degree Project comes from an agreement stated with the fire department of Cuenca, due to the necessity of elaborating a study of the optimum localization of fire equipment in the zones of Cuenca where there is not the coverage that the entity offers. After the analysis of the emergency equipment localization, the process of the selection of two favorable points in the city for the localization and design of the stations is developed. Different arquitectonic postures and various norms used in areas with similar features as the ones in the selected locations in Cuenca for the fire departments are assessed. From its study, some strategies are obtained in order to offer a better mobility, functionality, and development of the activities in the fire stations. For the elaboration of the design of the different stations to be built in the selected points and in future places in the city, the deployment of a universal system that allows various forms of organizing and giving the possibility of a quick assembly and disassembly of the stations is posed. This system is presented in order to generate progressivity and versatility in the system, and also to obtain several solutions without the necessity of disturbing the construction system. One of the fundamental strategies of this project is to give the possibility of equipping the city with minor stations in greater quantity, and to facilitate the increasement of the stations according to its respective necessities; which have the possibility of being incremented.

The objective of the present investigation is to carefully study an aspect that has been frequently overlooked in the architectural design field, the built environment and surrounding landscape relation, and the interdisciplinary collaboration in the labor field. In this case, the study is about the architect and landscape architect (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Alfred Caldwell) interdisciplinary labor relationship, in two emblematic projects. First of all, a recognition of the landscape architect career will be made through the approach to his training and work, for later document the work of the landscape architect, in which the relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright at the beginnings of his career had a strong influence on his professional practice. This answers the question of why the also famous architect, Mies van der Rohe, after meeting him in one of his projects, asks him to join his work team and collaborate as the landscape architect, especially in two of his greatest projects, the IIT campus in the city of Chicago and Lafayette Park in the city of Detroit, which are the focus of this investigation. Therefore, how the projects of this study were conceived is analyzed: the design approach, design criteria, and the formal - functional relations, between the built environment and landscape, all of these based on a collaborative interdisciplinary relationship, from which it is pretended to define as the final objective, the contributions and time of participation of each professional

The research studies modern architecture in Ecuador in the period from 1940-1960, considering the architect Karl Kohn as one of the pioneers of the modern movement in the country since his arrival in 1939 as a result of the migration of the Czech Republic to Ecuador, research study the value of Karl Kohn’s work in the country, through five cases of emblematic studies of his work, which seek to immerse themselves and show that he was a pioneer of modern architecture in the country. Consequently, in order to achieve this goal, the study has as its starting point the study of the archives of the architect’s complete work, thanks to the rescue of drawings and drawings facilitated by the Kohn family archive. For what was done the chronological classification of the documents obtained from the catalog of existing works and plans with this seeks to understand the design process of each work to analyze and deduce how the architect faced each case from its location, the program and formal relations, relating to the rest of its architectural production. In parallel and principal, considering the notion of the (re) construction of the project as an instrument for the recognition of values and criteria, which, incidentally, should be named is the methodological tool for the analysis of each work. In short, this research will try to identify the relations and criteria of order of each work, and demonstrate that Kohn was one of the pioneers of modern architecture in the country.

The main objective of the following analysis is focused basically in the interest of knowing, save, diffuse, study and analyze exhaustively the use of the porch in the modern living places. Since it has become an architectural option with a diversity of formals, functional and technological values. This study made a priority focus on the porch as an organizer and articulating space, analyzing different processes graphics and theorist that allowed me to study it, understanding and appreciating from different points of view. For this purpose I have chosen five houses made by Marcel Breuer, whose attribute was the porches, within these are: the House for an athlete Berlin, 1931; Breuer II USA Massachusetts House, 1939; Robinson House, Massachusetts USA, 1946; Wise House, USA, Massachusetts, 1963; Stillman II House, Connecticut, 1965, exemplaries in which I can note that the porch is a differential and obvious elementary and not only linking spaces among themselves; but these become spatial projections, on arrivals and transition areas, shelters and in viewpoints or balconies getting a direct connection with the external environment. The methodology used for the analysis of the housing part of the identification of each architectural element on the site and the place, location and implementation, focusing into the special distribution and linkage of each one with the porches pretending to determine certain parameters of evaluation to let us understand the porch like an intermedium element between the inner and outer area housing and at the same time determine the influence or the climate.

This research focuses its interest on Harvard’s married student dormitories, Peabody Terrace, designed on 1962 by the spanish architect Josep Lluis Sert, who is also known as the creator of Urban Design. The study its built on a rigorous analysis of the different project scales, seeking to demonstrate the different relations at its formal, visual and urban complexities. Theoretically, the analysis was based on Sert’s speech of 1957 “The Human Scale: Key to the Measure of Cities”, that reveals certain keys of this project, using a photographic path that seeks to reveal the relationship of the city with the project, through an exploration of the different scales and the pedestrian axis (roads). The method is exposed on a graphic process that allows a decomposed analysis, and a revelation of its parts (main ordering axes, structural units, and resulting sets and groupings). The graphic information generated becomes a toolkit itself that can be used, or replied, on other cases of analysis if needed, since it clearly reveals, on taxonomic way, the parts of the project and how they interact with entire organization.

Every day becomes more necessary and transcendent the intervention in existent buildings and therefore, there is more responsibility for the architects, especially in buildings that, because of their value, constitute the heritage of people. The main problem then, is focused in the quality of the intervention, which is the essential part for the success or failure of the reform process of a heritage asset. Many of them eliminate important formal historical values of the buildings and resort to outdated imitations as an integration argument. On the other hand, although the principles of modern architecture have shown be effective to make highly recognized architecture, it’s very common the appreciation that because of its developmental attitude, them contributed to the disappearance of the built heritage. The present investigation pretends to establish the criteria, principles and basis of actuation used by modern architecture in patrimonial intervention, showing also that it respects the restoring criteria established, being perfectly compatible with each other. The (re) construction of the project is the fundamental method and working instrument, which has been validated in the analysis of the later work of Souto de Moura and Mendes da Rocha, (both Pritzker Prizes with clear Modern training), and then applied in detail in the intervention of the Santa María do Bouro Convent. This process corroborates the hypothesis proposed; then, it verifies that the application of the fundamental precepts of modern architecture are the best option to dialogue with the old and obtain quality results. This research work was carried out with the interest of establishing what are the parameters and concepts used in the intervention, which allow preserving and strengthening the values of the heritage asset and that also assign quality and relevance.

On Ecuador, the population shows a level of overcrowding of 18.2 % in the urban area, and 29.2% in rural area (NEC, 2014). In this context, has generated a housing deficit that has been addressed through massive and highly subsidized construction, with solutions located in the city´s profile, wich has caused the loss of social capital and forced people from the countryside to leave their habitat, away from their families and their social contacts. Cuenca is not the exception, according to data of INEC, 2010, mention that 64.9% of the population of Turi live in poverty, and the 29.41% in extreme poverty. Thus, the alternative of an earthen floor takes strength as a possible solution, with the use of resources of the area, because the villagers invest the scarce money available as a priority in walls, roof, and the floor is the result of the ground on which it sits. Before an explanation of regulations and technical conditions ot earth, it was determined the dosification por creation of prototype and the application of the sealant. In this way you get as a result the development ot two prototypes polished and sealant with linseed oil, that allows the innovation in terms of constructive systems of floors. One of the application system for this prototype is self - construction, so it was developed a manual that allows the user to be guided in each of the steps for the elaboration of a good floor quality.

The study is focused on a ribbed structural system, its operating logic, and structuring ability. The system is understood as an integral construction element that satisfies at the same time the function of enclosure and structure. This stable and rugged system can be used to propose a low-cost housing prototype. For a complete understanding of the system to be designed, the study cases analysis focused on the structure (ribs system) and its function. The study takes into account assembly and anchoring constructive circumstances, minimum cross sections, possible employed materials, and at the same time the technical possibilities that this system provides. After wood’s technical conditions exploration in our enviroment, and based on the understanding of the “Norma Ecuatoriana de la Construcción – Estructuras de Madera (NEC–SE-MD)” criteria, and regulations issued by “Manual de Diseño para Maderas del GrupoAndino PADT REFORT”. The most suitable species of wood is determined for use it in the building structure. Once the operating logic is understood and the design guidelines were established, a reduced scale prototype is built. This design is submitted to technical and laboratory tests, concluding with the construction of the approved design, to scale: 1: 2. In this way, the result is the development of a final prototype of a structural system of ribs with wood laminates, which allows for innovation in the construction system used in the construction of buildings in the city, and in a specific way Cuenca´s building system. To allow controlled self-construction, the building system’s design is based on the use of accessible local materials, as well as providing a constructive manual and the technical specifications of the final prototype.

The draft of the architectonic and urban collection of the sport complex from Cuenca proposes to revitalize the deteriorated urban spaces by building public spaces that can help the urban development to solve the current necessities of the population. In the development of the architectonic objective it is proposed its solution through concerning concepts to those urban components with the proposal of getting ideas and apply to the objective. The current study proposes to break the tension between public and private aspects. Besides it is considered the overlap of the urban systems through agreements in the city such as matter analysis

The aim of this research is to study the sense of place as the basis of the Modern Movement project and to recover their fundamental statements by presenting them as an unavoidable aspect of the project, as a valid resource for projecting architecture. In modern thought, the project facesand solvesthe construction ofform/shapethrough reflection process. The said processis based onprinciples and fundaments. Therefore, modern architecturecannotbeunderstoodfrom simplecommon sense.It needs to be addressedfrom reflection in order to understand how theproject will be developed. The principles on which it is based, aspire to be universal, however, the program applied to each case is specific according to each place, generating on this way objects with a specific identity. This object identity is related to originality of its organizational structure which synthesizes functional, technical and geographic aspects which endows it with legality. For understanding which was the architectural criteria of sense of place that the Modern Movement states, it was carried out an analysis of a representative work of the modern thought. As a result, it is determined the strategies applied as a response to place and through a comparison with other valuable works of the same author it is observed its consideration is stated as a constant. Finallythese criteria islaid out asverified project tools to be incorporatedin the planningof newarchitectural designs.

The collective space, as a connection element between dwelling and city addresses life quality from an urban perspective. It is important to understand the collective space, as the principal link between public and private areas, is the key to generate city itself. Boundaries and depths define spatial categories, which belong to the city’s collective life. In order to obtain the necessary guidelines and criteria to design a dwelling project linked to the city, we have proceeded with the following steps: In the first place, we intend to understand the essence of some urban and living concepts such as city, public space, private space, common space, collective space, and collective dwelling. In second place, we develop twelve case studies that allows us to evaluate some project materials, through the proposal of previous rating parameters, defined for the best interest of this investigation. As a third point, and the most important, the proposal of guidelines and criteria for the approach of housing projects. Finally, through an architectural draft, we will proof the applicability of the proposed guidelines, showing the collective space as the axis of the proposal, and the spatial link between the public and private.

La finalidad de este trabajo de grado es la creación de un nuevo sistema constructivo basado en las Normas Sismoresistentes (NEC), para lo cual se realiza un análisis y estudio de las características estructurales y constructivas aplicadas por el Gabinete de Arquitectura (Asunción, Paraguay). La validez del sistema propuesto se fundamenta en pruebas de laboratorio, asesoramiento técnico y un catálogo de aplicación. The purpose of this thesis is the creation of a new construction system based on Seismic resistant standards (NEC), for which an analysis and study of the structural and constructional features implemented by the Gabinete de Arquitectura (Asuncion, Paraguay) is performed. The validity of the proposed system is based on laboratory tests, technical advice and a catalog of application.

The present study hypothesized primary, middle or identify precise factors that determine the procedures necessary to densify the city, ie, increase the average density of the cities and increase housing densities, so that they can apply to our reality and everything is transformed into government policies for urban growth. A preliminary step consists of the chronological analysis of the historical evolution of cities, reviewing new urban concepts raised at the beginning of the twentieth century, allowing a clear view of the principles of re-ordering and densification of the "new towns" principles that are the basis for comparison and future development of criteria. Once these factors research focuses his study in Sao Paulo, Bogota, Medellin, Montevideo, Santiago, Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca and Loja, to go much deeper into the description of examples paradigmatic collective housing both as settlement city which have been or are relevant in the context of each city. Through the application of a sheet collected relevant data in each set and metropolis, which allow charting summaries, for applying a "rubric" in which compares each settlement according to parameters set. This comparison allows obtaining results through which identify conditions setting a guide so that, applying the principles identified, can become the basis for an ideal model of densification of the city.