They recall Cuenca's urban plan that dates from 1947

Research

A reconstruction of the Basin Regulatory Plan, devised by Gilberto Gatto Sobral, is presented at 17:00 this Thursday in the Process Room of the House of Culture core of Azuay.
The research team of the Universidad del Azuay (UDA), led by the architect Santiago Vanegas Peña, will do it.
This is a vision of Cuenca that will be embodied in the exhibition "1947 - A vision based on a philosophy ... the people".

The study starts from understanding that 1947 is a crucial year for the planning, control and configuration of Cuenca, which for nearly 400 years maintained its spatial configuration established by the grid in checkered by its Spanish foundation.
However, it is the ideological, social and productive changes of the twentieth century that forced us to seek new options for planning, which separate it from the Spanish tradition and tune it with the spirit of the time, that is, modernity and progress, Vanegas said.
A year ago the investigation began with the idea of ​​making a reflection of the modern city that was planned in 1947 and whose theoretical ideas remain in force until today.
Partially, the plan was executed. Economic, political and social issues affected the breach of its entirety, but left traces in the contemporary city.
Seven active principles were found, which can be traced within the spatial configuration of the city: city for the town, city as a living organism, characterized centers, zoning, green systems, road system and an economic system.

Relationship

According to the research professor, it was also found that the first land planning plan in question has a close relationship with the Quito plan. You could say that the first is almost a consequence of the second.
In the 30s and 40s there was a great migration from Europe to America and internally in the Americas. Thus, in 1940, the aforementioned Uruguayan architect arrives in Ecuador who makes a great intervention in Quito and then in Cuenca.
The territorial plan that broke with that of the traditional Hispanic city of checkerboard was contracted, and proposes a modern city in what is now known as El Ejido that has the seven principles but that have been partially applied.