DISEÑO DE UN PROTOTIPO DE VIVIENDA SOCIAL UBICADO EN EL CANTÓN SALINAS, EMPLEANDO EL BAMBÚ COMO MATERIAL ALTERNATIVO

Abstract

sufficient purchasing power to obtain a home. For this reason, housing plans with buildings that use low-cost materials are required and one of these is bamboo. The objective of this project is to create a prototype of social interest housing located in Salinas using bamboo as an indigenous material. Through bibliographic research, it is known that this material has an excellent weight-resistance ratio that can reach a higher resistance to steel. The gathering of the information consisted, in addition, in interviews, experts in the construction of the house, and also in the conclusion that the project with this material is convenient to lower construction costs.