Pasarela viva: Diseño arquitectónico del centro deportivo y recreativo La Ofelia en Quito, Ecuador

Abstract

This degree project proposes the design of a Sports and Recreational Center through a macro–meso–micro analytical methodology. Which allows for an understanding of the metropolitan dynamics of the city of Quito and the neighborhood scale of the intervention area. At the metropolitan level, the study identifies the distribution of sports facilities, the road network structure, and both consolidated and emerging urban centralities, such as the Cotocollao–Ofelia centrality. At the second scale, the analysis focuses on the intervention polygon of the RENACEU. Plan understood as a strategic territory for urban and social regeneration. This polygon presents a high concentration of mobility infrastructure, residential fabric, and underutilized urban voids. Evidencing La Ofelia’s potential as an articulating node for mobility systems and urban facilities. The selection of the site is based on the criteria established in the master plan, developed collectively, and on the presence of a sports-related preexistence that reinforces the site’s vocation. This choice enables the consolidation of a facility that responds both to local needs and to a broader urban demand. From an integral approach, the project conceives the Center not only as a space for physical activity, but as an urban device for social encounter, capable of articulating sport, recreation, and public space, fostering civic appropriation and the continuous use of the facility by different age groups.