Browsing by Author "Quizhpe Marin, Maria Augusta"

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Use and perception of public space from the view of population: the case study of Cuenca, Ecuador
(2019) Muñoz Vanegas, Paula Camila; Quizhpe Marin, Maria Augusta; Salazar Guaman, Ximena Alejandrina
Social dynamic is inherent in public spaces, which should encourage the encounter and interaction of the users. In addition, it is necessary to have information for the project that exceeds the design preconceptions that the designer usually has. However, it is a challenge to capture the experiences, opinions and activities that users carry out in these spaces. The objective of this article is to propose a methodology for the diagnosis of public spaces that captures the daily dynamics of the population, the perception of the elements that constitute them, as well as the role they play in the neighborhood and in the context of the city. The methodological proposal is framed in a systemic perspective that determines the different dimensions that structure it, the quality criteria and their interrelations, by using different instruments (observation, survey and interview). As a case study, we work in the Plazas El Vergel and El Carbón, located in historic neighborhoods of Cuenca, Ecuador. The obtained result is an integral characterization, as well as a detailed knowledge of the perception of the population and the use of space in a structured way based on theoretical argumentation. With the application of the methodological proposal, we could confirm the importance of the participation of the population in the interventions, resulting in common elements that can be generalized and in turn, in particularities of each space.
Valoración de la arquitectura de tierra en Cuenca, Ecuador como herramienta para su conservación.
(Editado por Comité SIACOT 2018, 2018) Cardoso Martinez, Fausto Adrian
For the recovery of land-based heritage in rural and urban contexts, it is increasingly important to try to understand the entrepreneurship reasons, which involves effort and money in doing so. The campaign of maintenance of the neighborhood of the blacksmiths (Las Herrerías street) in the city of Cuenca has become a special opportunity to venture into the heritage values of its buildings that today are part of the world cultural heritage. This article describes the implemented process, to identify the heritage values of the buildings of this popular neighborhood of Cuenca, a process that is framed in the purpose of defining the most timely and relevant maintenance actions to be performed. It is important to visualize the valorization as part of the land-based heritage conservation process. The study starts from a historical understanding of the role of the neighborhood in the city, of systematic approaches to its urban dimension, past and present, to the relationship with public space, the semi-private spaces of the architecture (transition portals) and the life patterns of the inhabitants in their homes. Valorization matrices (Nara matrices) are applied as tools for the identification of values and the development of monographs for the neighborhood, sectors and individually (for each house) which allows to improve in a singular and general understanding of the heritage values that have managed to identify intrinsic values to each of the buildings and also values that compromise and sustain their conservation by being part of an urban space (the neighborhood) that gives sense and reason for each building individually. The result of this exercise contributes to a sustained and solvent decision-making action for the maintenance activities framed in the Campaign of the Herrerías in Cuenca.