Prototipo de vivienda para zonas inundables Arauca – Arauca.

Abstract

One of the main problems that occur in populations is the so-called climate change, this intervenes in the ability of households to adapt to different contexts that allude to the previous. The populations in conditions of vulnerability and risk found in the municipality of Arauca in the face of a flood are those with the lowest purchasing power. In this situation, the population of the San Vicente de Paul neighborhood stands out, a neighborhood that presents a high percentage of risk in a flood situation; nowadays it presents worrying characteristics for its population due to abandonment by municipal administrations. Families affected with this condition after the natural event are left without resources and in precarious conditions; since the houses do not have conditions to be adapted to the event in areas of risk by flood and do not receive the pertinent help from municipal and national entities, indeed this the population group continues its life facing the needs and problems that the winter has left them. The design of the prototype of amphibious housing developed, has as ideal to design a house that can deal with floods and improve their living conditions before, during and after a flood. So that housing acts as a proactive resource that mitigates the environmental impact.