CENTRO INTERGENERACIONAL DIURNO PARA ADULTOS MAYORES

Abstract

The work “Diurnal Intergenerational Center for Older Adults and Children”, is an architectural proposal, which arises from the observation of the lack of day-care places for the elderly and children in the Canton of Samborondón, province of Guayas, Ecuador. In the exhibition, it presents the Problem Statement that was raised, with the reasons why it is considered necessary to provide the Samborondón sector with an intergenerational day - center which, with specialized attention, responds to the needs of the elderly and children. The antecedents, the life expectancy of the population, the incidence of aging in society, the increase of elderly people, the decrease in birth rates, and the implications and consequences in the socioeconomic sector are considered. In the methodological framework is the exhaustive research that shed light on the magnitude of the problem and that is complemented by the results of field research, achieved through interviews with users - the elderly and children -; and, through a participatory workshop with interaction activities that allowed observing the results and gathering information. With respect to the design, analogous cases were studied; the analysis of the terrain conditions was made, reaching the Formal Theoretical Proposal in which the architectural solution is described and shown with all the appropriate spaces, both specific and specialized, flexible, wide, universal accessibility, inclusive and comfortable for the people from the most vulnerable group.