Edificio de servicios académicos para la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil is an institution with 56 years of operation, which provides the educational needs of students from different provinces of the country. Due to the growth of the student population evidenced in the last 6 years, the objective is to prepare a preliminary draft of the “Edificio de Servicios Académicos” for the university. The generator of the project is to have versatile and flexible spaces that move and are unified by a central axis light and hierarchical (for circulation), allowing users to develop educational, recreational and social activities. The project is composed of 15 classrooms for 40 students each, 4 study modules, administration and complementary services, a food court related to a multipurpose room (configurable to different spaces), for 250 people with a structure of large lights the circulation is not interrupted, and a free plan that integrates with squares, green areas, meeting areas and water wall and exterior green walls that generate spaces for study, stay and exchange for the university community. The envelope is a double facade located according to the proposed spaces and their activities.