Diseño arquitectónico de un centro de capacitación agrícola en la parroquia Juan Benigno Vela

Abstract

This degree project develops the architectural design of an agricultural training center in the rural parish of Juan Benigno Vela, in the canton of Ambato. The area has a clear agricultural vocation but lacks specialized infrastructure for technical training and demonstration activities. The proposal seeks to provide a suitable facility to support training processes, exchange of knowledge, and improvement of local productive practices. The research is justified by the current limitations in spaces for practical learning, technical assistance, and coordination between institutional and community actors. In response, the project aims to define an architectural facility that concentrates training, demonstrative, and organizational activities and that can be articulated with local development policies. Methodologically, the study adopts a qualitative approach with a descriptive scope, non experimental design, and cross sectional cut, within a project oriented research modality. The process includes documentary review, analysis of planning documents and regulations, site observation, interviews with key actors, and the study of architectural precedents, organized in phases of diagnosis, synthesis, and design of the proposal. The main result is an agricultural training center structured in low rise blocks that integrate classrooms, workshops, administrative areas, multipurpose spaces, and demonstrative plots, in coherence with the topography and the rural environment. The project is considered a viable alternative to strengthen agricultural training in Juan Benigno Vela and a technical input for future investment and territorial management decisions.