Diseño de jardines verticales en el interior de viviendas y la calidad de vida de los habitantes de la parroquia La Merced

Abstract

The present research studies the causes that prevent people, from "La Merced" locality, to access a green area inside their apartment. The principal objective of this project is to suggest the design of vertical gardens in the interior of houses, as an alternative to improve the quality of life. Through the multiple benefits that a vegetation space can offer. Besides it incorporates new construction concepts in people´s mind. That are coupled with the nowadays necessities of the environment conservation. The type of research carried out was descriptive-exploratory because it engages with the characteristics of a particular group and context. The investigative method used was Inductive-Deductive by statistical analysis. The results converge on the trend of the habitants from "La Merced” to own plants inside their houses in a 65.5%.Furthermore many of them agree on the idea that there are hostile environment conditions for the development of integral well-being., being the noise the dominant factor with the 42% of coincidence. The habitants were accessible to incorporate the idea of vertical gardens inside their houses in exchange for the benefits obtained. For feasibility of the project, the specialized professionals asserted that the presence of a vertical garden influences on people´s behavior in a positive way. The experts ensure that it is possible to construct a green wall indoor, always and after that, the environment contains certain conditions. All of this allowed defining the proposal, “GUIDE OF VERTICAL GARDENS FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSES.