Influencia del automóvil en el diseño de la vivienda y el paisaje urbano del siglo xx en Cuenca

Abstract

Century XX is a period of findings and transformations for the humanity. All of these have generated changes in different areas such as the automobile. It is a discover initiated with the industrialization and technological advances. These brought social, cultural, and urban planning changes that influenced the life style and space configuration of houses and city. In the current graduate thesis that is part of the project: “Transformación del Espacio Doméstico y las formas de vivir en el siglo XX y XXI en Cuenca” (TED). It is focused to explain the automobile usage and how this influenced house design and urban landscape of the century XX in our city. Compiled information is shown through time lines, photos and other resources that evidence space configuration changes in the city and houses in Cuenca. Finally, looking at the reduction of space that was used by the people. It is proposed a case of utopic city without vehicles and it is suggested possible use for garage space that has been used for the automobile inside the houses.