INTEGRACIÓN URBANA, FÍSICO Y SOCIAL DE UN PARQUE CULTURAL PARA LA CIUDAD DE MACHALA

Abstract

The following research and design, develops a response to the abandonment of public space in the city of Machala, caused by fragmentation and urban segregation. In the city exists a physical barrier separating social groups in separate worlds. This lack of interaction between citizens and public space causes a loss of identity with the city. The lack of interest of citizens in coexist, interact with others, is presented as one of the main problems arising from this condition. The proposal is located in the land comprising the school Simon Bolivar and the former World Banana Fair, whose potential is to have neighborhood commercial, residential, sports and educational areas. Moreover, it is a place considered as a municipal heritage which gives it an important historical character. On this site a new proposal is planned: A Cultural Park, which is defined as a project that involves the public space, contributing to the construction of citizenship, through spaces for contemplation, recreation and meeting .; within the framework of a square and an interactive regional museum. The main objective is to make the project a "trigger": a space of social and historical identity configurator city interaction.