Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso

Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso

This paper is derived from research that aims to explore the housing deprivation in informal Colombian urbanizations, as well as to mitigate such an issue by designing a modular, prefabricated and flexible unit. This unit could be combined in different configurations in order to regenerate the urban...

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Main Author: Magarò, Antonio
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Published: Universidad de Boyacá 2018
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spelling ojs-article-2392019-07-13T06:55:45Z Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso La regeneración de las áreas marginales, los casos de Tunja y Sogamoso Magarò, Antonio Self-construction Pirate district Armed masonry Anti-seismic buildings Modularity Porefabrication. Autoconstrucción Barrios pirata Mampostería reforzada Edificios antisísmicos Modularidad Prefabricación This paper is derived from research that aims to explore the housing deprivation in informal Colombian urbanizations, as well as to mitigate such an issue by designing a modular, prefabricated and flexible unit. This unit could be combined in different configurations in order to regenerate the urban fabric. The social marginalization characterizing informal urbanizations, the cyclical demographic explosion and the soil consumption have generated in Colombia a qualitative-quantitative housing deficit. Difficulties in accessing the real estate market are due to lack of income which is determined by unemployment. People in poverty are forced to settle in high-risk hydrogeological areas. Furthermore, such occupants jeopardize themselves by building with inadequate materials. The housing requirement clashes with the resources allocated by the Colombian state, which are large but insufficient and fail to answer the housing question and the required quality of life. These conditions lead to both the territorial self-management and the self-construction of houses in accordance with people’s economic resources. The urban fabric generated within the informal city is always characterized by minimal home spaces which are bundled aiming to satisfy the primary need, so that planning and public spaces are absent. This paper details the main phases of the study exploring this reality and comments the key results. La investigación que se expone en el presente artículo tiene como objetivos entender la desventaja de la vivienda en las urbanizaciones informales colombianas, como también plantear soluciones para mitigar dicha problemática mediante el diseño de una unidad modular, prefabricada y flexible, que se pueda combinar en diferentes configuraciones con el fin de regenerar el tejido urbano. La marginación social que caracteriza a las urbanizaciones informales, la explosión demográfica cíclica y el consumo de suelo han generado en Colombia un déficit habitacional cualitativo-cuantitativo. La dificultad para acceder al mercado inmobiliario legal se debe a la insuficiencia de ingresos, determinada por la falta de trabajo. Las personas en condiciones de pobreza se ven obligadas a ocupar lugares de asentamiento en zonas de alto riesgo hidrogeológico. Además, estos ocupantes ponen en riesgo su salud al construir con materiales que no siempre son adecuados. El requisito de vivienda choca con los recursos asignados por el estado colombiano, grandes pero insuficientes y que no responden ni a la pregunta sobre la vivienda ni a la calidad de vida que sigue. Todo esto obliga a la autogestión territorial y a la autoconstrucción según las capacidades económicas. El tejido urbano generado dentro de la ciudad informal está siempre caracterizado por espacios habitacionales mínimos, agrupados en la búsqueda de satisfacer la necesidad primaria, sin planificación ni implementación de espacios públicos. El artículo detalla las principales fases de la investigación que exploró esta realidad y presenta algunos de sus resultados. Universidad de Boyacá 2018-01-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistasdigitales.uniboyaca.edu.co/index.php/designia/article/view/239 10.24267/22564004.239 Designia; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): Revista Designia | Enero - Junio 2018; 9-25 Designia; Vol. 5 Núm. 2 (2018): Revista Designia | Enero - Junio 2018; 9-25 2539-147X 2256-4004 spa https://revistasdigitales.uniboyaca.edu.co/index.php/designia/article/view/239/388 Derechos de autor 2018 Designia
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Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso
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title Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso
title_short Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso
title_full Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso
title_fullStr Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso
title_full_unstemmed Regeneration of marginal areas: the cases of Tunja and Sogamoso
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description This paper is derived from research that aims to explore the housing deprivation in informal Colombian urbanizations, as well as to mitigate such an issue by designing a modular, prefabricated and flexible unit. This unit could be combined in different configurations in order to regenerate the urban fabric. The social marginalization characterizing informal urbanizations, the cyclical demographic explosion and the soil consumption have generated in Colombia a qualitative-quantitative housing deficit. Difficulties in accessing the real estate market are due to lack of income which is determined by unemployment. People in poverty are forced to settle in high-risk hydrogeological areas. Furthermore, such occupants jeopardize themselves by building with inadequate materials. The housing requirement clashes with the resources allocated by the Colombian state, which are large but insufficient and fail to answer the housing question and the required quality of life. These conditions lead to both the territorial self-management and the self-construction of houses in accordance with people’s economic resources. The urban fabric generated within the informal city is always characterized by minimal home spaces which are bundled aiming to satisfy the primary need, so that planning and public spaces are absent. This paper details the main phases of the study exploring this reality and comments the key results.
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