Propuesta de ecoaldea periurbana en Piedecuesta, Santander

Abstract

Given the need to generate academical explorations about the way of inhabiting cities for the future and considering the perspective of the urban-rural conflict that leads to the concept of peri-urbanization, the role of the rural is of vital importance for the organization of the present housing proposal, as a way to counteract the decontextualized standardized mass construction on the edges of Latin American cities. The main objective implies the projection of a comfortable and functional habitat for a community interested in permaculture in a peri-urban sector; where the conservation of the native landscapes and the knowledge and rural values allow the revaluation of the concept of expansion of the city. First, for this purpose, both a landscaping site study of the location lot to determine the bioclimatic strategies to be implemented and a study of architectural references to understand the type of program suitable for the needs of the users were carried out. Next, the general organizational, urban, environmental, technical and functional parameters that support the distribution of the architectural elements are established using digital design and modeling tools. Third, the design of the ecovillage elements is presented in detail, based on a comparative method to finally revalidate the strategies implemented through radiation and wind simulations. This study concludes emphasizing how advantageous it is to know the benefits of using new digital programs as complementary tools to the academic and empirical knowledge in the field of sustainable architectural design.