Urban Consulting and the Social Production of Habitat in the Cerro San Eduardo of Guayaquil

Abstract

The Urban Consultancy (CU) is based on the study of two communities settled in the Cerro San Eduardo of the cit of Guayaquil, product of an informal process that is currently consolidated as an urban part. This research is generated with the purpose of providing necessary and fundamental development tools for the population settled in this space. The objective of the Consultancy is to provide urban, architectural/constructive and identity/culture  consultancy; with the purpose of improving the community spaces for the Cooperatives 25 de Julio and Virgen del Cisne, in the Cerro San Eduardo of Guayaquil; hoping as a result to have a positive impact in the improvement of their quality of life. Beginning with a study and diagnosis of the current situation of the Cooperatives, the results of which generate participatory workshops with the residents to make comprehensive improvements in the community spaces proposed by the community and that need to be enhanced and revitalized for the empowerment of the different age groups that inhabit the cooperatives