Estrategias para diseño de vivienda social en Cuenca – Ecuador, mediante un análisis cuantitativo de patrones sociales, económicos, habitacionales y constructivos

Abstract

The housing projects in the city of Cuenca - Ecuador, only satisfy the needs of the housing deficit in the middle and high sectors, because the cost is too high for the lower social class, due to the lack of regulations and specific studies to determine the optimal urban soils, construction systems and design strategies to promote low-cost housing. The research project, in addition to considering the social conditions of habitability of the low-income population, to establish the spatial requirements, as well as the most appropriate location for the implementation of the project, allows to establish design strategies to achieve a sustainable and affordable proposal to the social group of study, supported by quantitative and qualitative methods. At the end of the research, a set of guidelines and recommendations for architectural design and construction will be obtained for housing projects for the low-income population categorized in the social stratum C- and D in the city of Cuenca, and could be applicable in any city in Ecuador or Latin America that has similar conditions to the study universe. The impact of the research will be evidenced in the potential public policies of habitability generated through regulations or ordinances in the city of Cuenca - Ecuador, through the design and construction recommendations obtained in the research.