Propuesta arquitectónica para la interpretación del patrimonio cultural afrodescendiente del cantón Catamayo.

Abstract

Abstract:With the passage of time, the life of the villages and the tribes has been lost, since nowadays there are new and improved technologies for the construction of cities and houses, one of the strongest civilizations is the African one, which gave way to new ethnic groups and mestizajes that were mobilized and settled in different parts of the world, an example of this is the culture of people of African descent who are located in Ecuador, in the province of Loja, canton Catamayo, from there they formulate an association called Asociación de Afrodescendientes Catamayenses, from where they are driven and gather to continue with their traditions and cultural heritages. It is a very happy town, although small because of the displacement towards new cities and mestizajes increasingly varied, with this story arises the idea of generating a site of meetings much more extensive and extensive for the enjoyment of its community, mainly taking its African culture , rescuing it and increasing it in this design of the Interpretation Centro de Interpretacion para afrodescendiente catamayenses, rescuing its native, vernacular architecture and adding it to the closest context, such as the Trapichillo neighborhood of Catamayo. The project evidences the presence of Afro's own materiality, such as the use of the earth and its pigmentation in walls, floors and ceilings; its most basic forms of constructions and crafts are based on squares and rectangles, where it is denoted an animating and believing trend of life after death, where their ancestors bless and protect them.