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The present project starts from the understanding of Puembo as an area in expansion and future growth, considering housing as a basic need, which seeks to differentiate itself from those projects of segregating character and that deny the context, which are an example of the first collective housing interventions in the territory. In response to this territorial characteristic, the projection of a single-family housing complex arises, which allows the new inhabitants to maintain an adequa...

This research proposes the architectural rehabilitation of a modern reinforced-concrete office building constructed in 1960 and located in Quito’s hypercenter, transforming it into a collective housing model. The thesis emerges from observing the progressive vacancy of the urban center alongside a growing housing demand that pushes residents toward peripheral areas, precarizing the act of inhabiting the city as a whole. Within this context, the project proposes the reactivation of the bui...

Based on the preliminary study of the Quito Metro System conducted in the seventh semester, which focused on enhancing the conditions of the stations, this thesis proposal was formulated. This analysis allowed for an understanding of the current situation of the selected site.The project is located in northern Quito, specifically in the Jipijapa neighborhood, and responds to a progressive change in land use in the area over the last decade, which has led to a shift from residential to com...

The Medium-Density Collective Housing Project encompasses a study that ranges from analyzing the population growth of the Francisco de Orellana Canton and delves into the problems that this phenomenon may present in the urban decisions of the canton. Through the project, we seek to give viability to the densification of a central area of the city, because currently El Coca grows towards the ecological limits, leading to a disorder in the management of the city, both in the availability of nat...