Systemic Approach for Inclusive Design of Low-Income Dwellings in Popular Settlements at Guayaquil, Ecuador

摘要

Traditionally low-income households are defined as "low-cost housing", however, the concept of Social Interest Housing -Vivienda de Interés Social- (VIS) defined in this research is made to emphasize that it is a priority to consider human beings together with their habitat. In Ecuador, the population growth for 2050 will increase by 35%, added to this is the polarization in terms of construction of new housing: where for every 10 solutions in Guayaquil, 70% correspond to self-built dwelling environments. In the application of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) methodology, teachers and students of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Guayaquil performs fieldwork surveys in order to develop multidisciplinary research aimed to designing low-income housing through research projects. Among the specific objectives are the analysis and propose of prefabricated construction systems, the design of low-income housing prototypes and the interior design and multifunctional furniture by ergonomic, anthropometric and social analysis.