Prototipo de vivienda de interés social (VIS) para Guayaquil: “Barrio Cerro Colorado”.

Abstract

The Social Interest Housing Prototype (VIS) project for Guayaquil: "Barrio Cerro Colorado" is located north of the city of Guayaquil in the Cerro Colorado-Vergeles sector. The proposed housing package includes a housing, commercial and recreational programme for approximately 360 families. The proposal projects a total of 117 lots for single and two-family homes of up to 3 floors, and in parallel, 10 condominiums of 16 apartments will be projected in each. For the realization of the project there was a previous research that covers a whole theoretical framework that deepens the signifcation of a house. Likewise, the research and approach of the socioeconomic groups C+, C- and D was based, to whom the project is mainly directed. Several factors such as crime also change the relationship between interior and exterior space. As a result, fully enclosed homes are obtained without relating to the public space. As a morphological consequence of the home this is usually a closed box without experiencing external spaces that allow the passage of light and natural ventilation. The aim of this whole process is to improve habitability and community among users, by creating modulated spaces that facilitate adaptability when growing or modifying. An entire construction system is developed in Steel frame, a totally prefabricated system that contributes signifying to the project for its ease of assembly and modification, thus favoring the adaptation and different lifestyles of the inhabitants.