Centro de Idiomas UCSG.

Abstract

This document develops the proposal of a Language Center for the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, whose objective is the reinterpretation of the traditional architectural language of the Guayas-Daule river basin, generating a language based on criteria and techniques indigenous to the appropriate sector to the demands and contemporary constructive tendencies. The building is integrated into its natural environment by dividing into plots orienting the longer facades towards the north-south to reduce the solar impact and make the most of prevailing winds. It limits the construction area on the protected natural terrain that arises. It allows an interactive socio-environmental space between the river and the building that rises above the natural terrain, leaving a free area (not built) to act in the sector as an urban sustainable drainage system. The integral universal accessibility allows the user in general to travel the entire project through ramps and hurdles-free corridors. The vertical zoning inside privatizes and conditions the space in such a way that it meets the demands of each activity. The classrooms are acoustic and allow the natural flow of air between them. The garden classroom criterion is used, which establishes the spatial pattern, endowing with flexible spaces of interaction and work that reduce the transit of the main corridors and conceive a new perception of study space. As an added value, the project proposes to produce its own energy through systems such as plant-lamp, bio-gas, bio-digester (biomass) and solar panels, whose energy production will be stored in batteries. Additionally, it also optimizes the use of water by storing rainwater, reusing gray water (with filtering processes) and treating sewage and using the sludge. It produces its own food with orchards using aquaponic systems that work as a light trap in the underground floor.