Arquitectura del cuidado: espacios intergeneracionales para experiencias conectadas. Ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: This work focuses on the importance of architecture approached from the person-centered care, and the application of spatial-sensory strategies that contribute to intergenerational contact, and construction of the identity of the project. The main objective was to create a center of protection and inclusion, conceived with the idea of satisfying the subjective needs and promoting intergenerational exchange of the second childhood and third age; through the principles of care architecture. The development of the project and its results are based on a study that allowed us to determine the current situation of gerontological centers and after-school centers in the Loja city and thus identify the deficiencies and emerging needs, which are considered in the architectonic strategy presentation of implementation and conditioning of the habitat of the elderly that allow an appropriation of space to promote coexistence and social recreation based on intergenerational experiences in healthy, pleasant and sensitive environments.