Bordes urbanos. nuevos paradigmas de vivienda para el habitar en la ciudad Andina, Caso de estudio Colinas Lojanas.

Abstract

Abstract: Urban edges as elements present in Latin American cities that have been formed under the presence of the Andes Mountains as a natural plateau, contributing for a long time to encourage the creation of population settlements and the establishment of Andean cities. Loja, as an intermediate Andean city, has two hydrological tributaries that cross the city from north to south, which together with the edges formed by its relief give way to its spatial physical configuration. The Colinas Lojanas sector, in the southwestern part, is analyzed in order to determine and understand its configuration, characterization and formation of the sector within the Andean city and the implementation of housing in the area. Finally, based on the diagnosis of factors determined in housing such as: construction systems, existing materials and construction techniques in buildings present in the sector, an architectural prototype of housing is proposed that improves the quality of life of the inhabitants and that responds to the needs of the inhabitants and the land uses that characterize these rural-urban transition zones and articulates with the city.