Coproducción de espacios públicos deportivos en el barrio Los Caracoles, Parroquia Manglaralto.

Abstract

At the beginning of 2024, the Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL), through its Director of Linking Program Ing. Gina Andrade, and the Arq. Félix Chunga, a professor at the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG), was involved in the proposal for the title "Co-production of Inclusive Public Spaces in Manglaralto" with the Faculty of Architecture and Design (FAD). This project not only aims to develop a Master Plan of urban interventions of public spaces of the head Parish, but apply a participatory methodology to solve urban problems of the study area and involve the GAD Parish of Manglaralto so that it can implement the interventions in the medium term. The titration work performed by student José Cueva under the tutoring of Arq.Félix Chunga during the semesters B-2024 and A-2025 intervenes the neighborhood "Los Caracoles" of the Parish Head of Manglaralto that, This study area was chosen because it is the district with the highest population density of 57 inhabitants/hectare compared to the 8 districts. The urban diagnosis aims to understand the problems affecting public spaces, mobility and environment of the neighborhood, resulting in the need for formal public spaces that improve the quality of life of residents of the studio area. The proposal is located to the east of the neighborhood, whose communal space has 1,584 m2 and it was proposed a recreational space with orchards, sports area with a multipurpose court, active roads that are linking with green areas; and covered space for community activities. The design includes principles of sustainability and citizen participation in the sense that the community can appropriate the space in co-production workshops. In addition, the project goes beyond the physical space, but strengthens the social fabric and coexistence for community development, showing how the academy can also contribute to the co-production of more inclusive cities together with the inhabitants.