Viviendas paradigmáticas en manta: comprendidas entre los años 1960 – 1980.

Abstract

The Reading of the architecture of a city permits to understand features about its history, evolution, and development. Especially, if that place contains architectural works of a paradigmatic nature that strengthen and contribute to the identity of its collective. This text aims to demonstrate the architectural value of the houses "Del Castillo" and "Cevallos" which show the important role they play as cultural artifacts, as well as the technical innovation they represent, so the memory of these works and their authors is not lost. To this end, the research was carried out at three levels: exploratory, descriptive, and deductive. The methodology applied includes descriptive, critical, and phenomenological analysis based on studies related to this topic so that they oriented to the optimal analysis of architectural projects that represent culture and qualify as paradigmatic. As a result of the study it was found that the canton of Manta has architectural works of a paradigmatic nature, the problem is the lack of knowledge of these works, many of the respondents were unaware of their existence influencing them in a negative way, leaving them in oblivion and with them a sample of identity of the place, in response to the problem a matrix is proposed for the qualification of a paradigmatic architecture.