Valoración para la conservación de la Arquitectura Vernácula en dos parroquias rurales del cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The socio-economic pressures of today transmitted mainly by globalization, among others, derive in the devaluation of different cultural expressions such as popular architecture. In addition to this, there is ignorance and lack of pu-blic policies that allow for proper management of vernacular heritage. In-ventories take a special interest in this study as they are the basis for knowing, analyzing and managing vernacular architecture in the different communities of Azuay.

This research aims to addresses the problem of the importance of a coherent heritage assessment with the different actors involved in two rural parishes in of Cuenca. For this, in the first chapter, an investigation is made of the different conceptions of the appropriate topics such as vernacular architecture, identity, culture, heritage valuation and conservation from an international perspective.

The following chapters deepen the study on the valuation of vernacular architecture from a local perspective. In this way, in the second chapter, the case studies are established through a quantitative analysis of the inventory cards existing in the medium.

In the third chapter, the selected cases are investigate in depth its particular characteristics, in order to rescue all the heritage values they may possess. In addition, the diagnosis and assessment of each of the parishes is addressed.

The conclusions and recommendations are made especially at the local level. The same ones that refer to the current reality of vernacular architecture in two rural parishes in Cuenca, as well as the improvement of inventory and valuation processes of vernacular land architecture