Diseño de anteproyecto urbano-arquitectónico de un pabellón para el Parque Vicente León, Latacunga, Cotopaxi

Abstract

The public space of Latin American historic centers simultaneously concentrates heritage value, everyday urban functions, and competing transit dynamics. Vicente León Park, in Latacunga, Ecuador, presents this condition acutely: institutionally recognized as the foundational void of the urban grid by the SIPCE and normatively enabled to receive equipment according to the PUGS-L2032, its current physical configuration favors transit over permanence, lacking infrastructure that encourages uses beyond passage. The research adopted a qualitative approach in four articulated phases: normative and theoretical review, morphological analysis through planimetric survey and spatial analysis in ArcMap, systematic observation with flow and behavioral records across nine time slots, and anteproject design based on diagnostic findings. Nine indicators were applied, grouped into two variables: morphological and sociospatial conditions of the park, and user patterns of use and permanence. The diagnosis confirmed the hypothesis: transversal pedestrian flows exceed permanence across all recorded sessions and time slots. The central zone concentrates the highest transit and the lowest dwell time. Permanence occurs at the edges where shade and furniture exist, with stays of five to fifteen minutes. The resulting proposal is a modular pavilion called La Pausa, implanted in an X formation over the park's dominant diagonals. Its modulation in 50 cm steps, with six heights between 0.50 m and 3.00 m, responds simultaneously to the language of the heritage context and to the INPC's reversibility requirements. Every design decision is traceable to a diagnostic finding.