Centro de acogida para jubilados en Machala.

Abstract

The present work covers the design of a shelter for retirees in Machala, Ecuador, as a response to the need of members of the Machala Retiree Association to have their own space and adequate to meet, share, do activities and socialize among themselves. For this, an analysis was made around the determinants of the terrain, as well as the predominant user, with the aim of achieving a successful design. The project focuses its design on the 3 domains of human development, which are affected by aging: the physical, social and cognitive domain, proposing spaces that promote them. Therefore, it complies with a program established in the Technical Standard for the implementation and provision of care services for older adults (MIES), among which social spaces such as a multipurpose room stand out, Community dining room, occupational classrooms, games room, gymnasium and outdoor recreation areas, preserving the remarkable amount of high canopy vegetation existing in the terrain and enhancing it as meeting spaces for users.