05 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN MONTE SINAI

Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Winter 2017

Monte Sinai is a housing project located in the northwest of the city of Guayaquil, it is estimated that in this area are living about 133,000 inhabitants in an area of 9,325 ha. on land formerly used for agriculture.

Monte Sinai is currently being built in phases. This academic project focuses on the urban and architectural design of Phase 3, which has approximately 456 lots which are mostly 90.00 sqm.

The topography shapes the urban grid and where the green areas and residential buildings would be located. The concept was to design a central public space that could be accessible to everyone and that would work as the main commercial area.

Three circumferences were drawn on the plain part of the terrain, and they were defragmented to take part of a grid, which was then turned into streets and sidewalks.

The urban amenities are all centered around a collective green courtyard. Paths, footbridges, and external staircases connect the housing units and animate the new outdoor space.

Zoning:

Multi-family housing

Single-family housing

Green areas

Urban Infrastructure

Residencial area: 58%

Urban infrastructure+ green areas: 14% Streets: 28% Total: 100%

Primary street

Secondary street

Local street

Steets make up 28% of total area

Pedestrian streets/ sidewalks

Single-family housing (Type 1):

These units are attached family homes designed to house 4-person single families in one single story. It includes 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a small front yard, a backyard, a kitchen, and a dining-living room.

The proposal consists of one volume with a concrete slab roof. Since the house shares both side walls with the adjacent houses, the only available windows are on the front and on the back of the house.