"PROTOTIPO DE VIVIENDA SOCIAL DE EMERGENCIA PARA ZONAS INUNDABLES DEL LITORAL ECUATORIANO"

Abstract

This degree work is based on the design of a prototype of social housing capable to respond to the emergency of a flood. The project is focused on the Ecuadorian coastal region, which during the winter is affected, dama ging low-income families. Despite being a very broad topic, certain concepts that revolve around this problem are described in order to delimit the conceptual and spatial context. To present the historical framework, the situation of social housing through time in the country is also exposed. Taking as a principle the buoyancy, not only floating systems are analyzed, but also some lightweight materials that allow the suspension of a body, or in this case, the building. The research is oriented to provide different alternatives to select those that work best and apply to the project. A proposal of social interest housing is determined to be implemented either in urban areas (proposed lot) or rural areas, which considers both the needs of users and the surrounding environmental conditions.