Espacio de mercado accesible y funcional para la economía informal: Loja - Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract:This research aims to formulate a strategy for the construction of a trade center for the informal economy in the city of Loja. In the city ​​of Loja there are urban spaces that are occupied by the informal economy, such as It is in the Mercado Centro Comercial, Mercado Mayorista Gran Colombia, Calle 10 de Agosto, Calle Gran Colombia, Plaza San Sebastián, Av. 10 de Noviembre, Parque Bolívar, among others, where chaos is generated by the occupation of pedestrian and automotive space, generation of garbage, unhealthy and above all there is no job stability for vendors peddlers From the existing problem, it is necessary to identify an ideal space for the relocation of vendors and recovering public spaces. The creation of a optimal space for informal sales, considering the mass movement, the urban dynamics and the requirements and needs of informal workers. Before this problematic the question arises; What is the strategy to create a trade center for the informal economy, whose design considers the requirements and needs of the informal vendors? The methodology consisted in carrying out a diagnosis of the reality of the informal economy in Loja to identify and define the basic problem for propose an economy center on a plot equidistant from the economic centralities and movements of population masses and that its design consider the requirements and sellers needs.