masterThesis
Episodio urbano de la arquitectura tradicional del siglo XX. Estudio del área central de las parroquias Chuquiribamba y Chantaco, de la provincia de Loja
Fecha
2020-02-12Autor
Bravo Guerrero, Carolina Soledad
Institución
Resumen
This research project has the objective of identifying the formal values of the
traditional dwellings in Ecuador, in this case; the focuses are the populated
centers of the rural towns of Loja, Ecuador: Chuquiribamba and Chantaco, this
former one was declared a cultural heritage of Ecuador. This research tries to
discover the architectural tradition, sometimes studied for historical and cultural
ends, as ar architectural learning tool. This study is directed toward their formal
values (balanced relationships between: place, architectural program and
construction), in which the concepts of order, scale, relation and proportions
are embedded as urban examples developed around a central square.
To analyze this, there will be a study of buildings as elements and urban segments,
placed around the central squares, established as heritage goods by the INPC
(National Institute of Cultural Heritage), their criteria for measuring new buildings
and their criteria of intervention. This means, studying every urban event around
the main central square of these towns. Rebuilding each individual architectural
project, by segments and as a whole ensemble, architecture transmits in formal
terms, the essential attributes of this reality.
Even though this research project started by studying Chuquiribamba and
Chantaco, during the analysis, it was necessary to mention and include the
town of Gualel, to complete the urban episode in function of the road that
connects rural towns in Loja.