Incidence of large-scale structures in the morphology of Quito Case of study: Quitumbe

Abstract

Quito presents several problems that affect the development of the city and its inhabitants, one of them is the presence of large structures that are inserted in the middle of the urban structure as hard elements that do not integrate into life. For this reason, the objective of this work is to determine the area of ​​the city most affected by large structures through a multi-scale analysis, to propose improvement strategies that can be replicated. The analysis seeks to identify how these constructions affect the relationship between architecture, its environment, and the inhabitants. By determining Quitumbe as the potential area to intervene, an urban plan is proposed that seeks to generate neighborhood life, considering what exists and the memory of the place, through new urban dynamics based on human scale and people´s experience.

Keywords: large scale structures, industrial zone, urban barriers, Quito.