Reintegración compositiva arquitectónica y constructiva de la arquitectura religiosa del canton Calvas: casos Iglesia de la Merced y la Iglesia de Colaisaca San Cristobal

Abstract

Abstract:The present investigation was carried out in the Calvas canton, in the parishes of Cariamaga and Coilasaca, looking for information to support existing data relating concepts such as the valuation of heritage and religious architecture. The case studies are taken to reintegration proposals, the Church "La Merced" (1943) and the Church "San Cristóbal" (1942); to which the architectural compositional diagnosis, pathology by building, in addition, the updating of registration, inventory and cataloging. The pathological analysis determined the intervention, yielding the percentage of affectation, in this case the two buildings presented an average percentage in a state of solid component, in this way geometric and symbolic strategies were established, optimizing to integrate contemporary materials in the proposals. These criteria are applied in the mentioned churches, embodied in plans, current surveys and proposals to improve the cantonal heritage.