Vivienda de interés social multifamiliar en el municipio de Piedecuesta

Abstract

According to the Colombian Constitution, to have your own house is considered a fundamental right. However, there is a huge deficit of housing in Colombia because most of the population do not have enough income to buy a house or to get a mortgage. This thesis project focuses in developing the architectonic and economic problem of social housing in Colombia. Colombian´s laws classify the low cost social housing in 3 groups: V.I.P (priority housing), V.I.S. (social housing) and V.I.S. to develop and renovate urban areas. The average price of this 3 groups are in between 70, 135 and 170 minimum wage respectively. In the case of V.I.S, 135 minimum wage is $111’795.660 Colombian pesos. That money would be enough to build a decent house. But reality is different; because of the low budget, recent projects of low cost housing in cities (and in the country) don’t meet minimum standards of decent housing established by the government. The purpose of this thesis is to develop an alternative multifamily low cost housing project that improves current proposals, based on the architectural study of some existing typologies.