La totora como material de ambientación aplicado a los espacios interiores del edificio del GAD parroquial rural de Picaihua

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to contribute to the reduction of the environmental impact (eco design), for which it seeks to introduce an alternative material that is found in the area, which is the totora reed and also chooses to rescue the customs and craft traditions of which our ancestors were promoters and participants, which unfortunately today is being lost. The use of natural fibers comes from pre-Inca times, one of them is the totora, always accompanied the human being in the manufacturing industry of products and construction, which are created from small handicrafts to large houses and boats. Thus, "a good part of rural architecture has a material origin in the territory where it is located (...) due to its isolation, its houses and sheds that take advantage of the clay soils and the reeds that grow in the nearby wetlands as efficient and low-cost construction materials" (Blaitt, 2002). Knowing clearly the totora as such, we have taken as a purpose the development of the proposal of interior design of public offices of the interior spaces of the building of the rural parish GAD of Picaihua which were based on the study, field analysis, needs and user suggestions to carry out the development of the integrative project, and the study itself of the benefits and thermal properties of the application of the totora silver in the design, which will be the managing element in the space.