La arquitectura participativa aplicada al reasentamiento Santiago y Palacio en Garzón – Huila

Abstract

This research work is developed due to some of the most important problems currently facing the department of Huila. The most recent case is the construction of the El Quimbo Hydroelectric Reservoir owned by the multinational Emgesa. The dam project brought economic, social, environmental and cultural difficulties. The affected peasants were relocated to different developed settlements, which ultimately failed to offer them a good quality of life and a continuity of their economic activities that depended on agriculture. On the other hand, participatory architecture has proven to be useful when facing problems of this type where, after an intervention and subsequent compensation, the needs of the affected people are not adequately satisfied. In this way, the following research question is posed: ¿How would the implementation of participatory architecture improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Santiago resettlement and palace in Garzón - Huila?