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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 11(6), pp. 3293 - 3304
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110605
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Typification of Facades in Historical Housing in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Maria Loya-Montiel 1,2,*, Marco Varela-Tovar 1, Karla Andrade-Rubio 1, Esperanza Conradi-Galnares 3
1 Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Circuito Universitario S/N, Centro Universitario Sur, Tampico, Mexico
2 Department of Soil Sciences, National Tecnological School of Mexico/ IT Los Mochis, Juan de Dios Batiz y 20 de Noviembre, Los Mochis, Mexico
3 Department of Architectonical Constructions, Superior Architecture School of Sevillela, Avda, Reina Mercedes, Spain
ABSTRACT
Houses have represented a window into the history of any population. In Los Mochis, a city located in the northwestern part of Mexico, this phenomenon can also be appreciated when La Colonia Obrera was created. This development was the first attempt in the city to provide housing to the workers of the United Sugar Companies S.A. This housing program was implemented by the corporation after twenty years of existence, and it exemplified a new set of working policies that arrived at the zone, but it was also a right requested by the workforce. This document explains the work done to identify the main formal characteristics on facades of the different prototypes of houses in the iconic Colonia Obrera in Los Mochis, in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico for similarities with traditional housing made in the area, for this matter was necessary to visit the area in order to identify those which had more features preserved according to the original design. After the identification, these pieces were analyzed and were included in this paper with the description of their main features. For these observations, it was necessary to draw on documentary information saved in different archives. The results of this labor show the simplicity and the functionality of housing that once responded to the needs of the period.
KEYWORDS
Historical Housing, Prototypes, Typification
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[1] Maria Loya-Montiel , Marco Varela-Tovar , Karla Andrade-Rubio , Esperanza Conradi-Galnares , "Typification of Facades in Historical Housing in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 3293 - 3304, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110605.
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Maria Loya-Montiel , Marco Varela-Tovar , Karla Andrade-Rubio , Esperanza Conradi-Galnares (2023). Typification of Facades in Historical Housing in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 11(6), 3293 - 3304. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110605.