Flexible modular dwelling for rural environments; specific case: Cebadas – Ecuador

Background: Sustainable modular dwelling design for rural areas should focus on creating healthy and economically accessible spaces, sensitive to local needs and integrating environmental, functional, sociological and technological aspects. Flexibility is essential to reduce the initial investment and allow future transformations, optimizing the recovery and reuse of materials. These houses must be adaptable, safe and have basic services, satisfying the needs and stages of families’ development. In Ecuador, poverty and energy inefficiency worsen the quality of life in rural areas. This project in the Cebadas parish proposes modular dwelling that applies bioclimatic and sustainable criteria, using local materials to improve habitability and promote the social and economic development of the community. Method: The research approach is qualitative-quantitative. Qualitative, since it is necessary to identify the qualities of the sector, bibliographic exploration of guidelines and sustainable strategies. Quantitative, to evaluate the degree of affectation through a diagnosis of the study site and to provide efficient solutions that respond to the context and social reality. Results: The spaces presented in the proposal respond to the spatial need for growth and expansion of the users of the sector, through 6 basic guidelines that this type of dwelling should have: Environment, Visual, Form, Function, Bioclimatic and Materials. Conclusions: The flexible modular dwelling project for rural environments addresses complex housing needs, highlighting the flexibility and adaptability of an expandable module. It includes income generation with a duplex apartment, fosters communal and cultural life with public and commercial spaces, promotes tourism and rural development with landscape design and crops. In addition, it ensures sustainability through bioclimatic strategies and responsible use of resources.研究背景：乡村地区可持续模块化住宅（modular dwelling）设计应聚焦打造健康且经济可及的空间，贴合本地实际需求，整合环境、功能、社会与技术多维度要素。灵活性是降低初始投资、支撑未来改造升级、优化材料回收再利用的核心要素。此类住宅需具备适配性与安全性，并配备基础服务设施，以满足家庭发展不同阶段的需求。在厄瓜多尔，贫困与能源低效问题进一步加剧了乡村地区的生活质量困境。本次塞瓦达斯堂区（Cebadas parish）项目提出了采用生物气候（bioclimatic）与可持续设计准则的模块化住宅方案，通过使用本地材料提升居住适宜性，推动社区社会与经济发展。 研究方法：本研究采用定性与定量相结合的研究范式。定性层面，需明确该领域的核心特质，并通过文献调研梳理相关设计准则与可持续策略；定量层面，则通过对研究场地的诊断评估，量化其受影响程度，提出适配本地语境与社会现实的高效解决方案。 研究结果：本次方案提出的空间设计可适配该区域使用者的空间拓展与增长需求，其核心遵循六类模块化住宅必备的基础准则：环境维度、视觉维度、形态维度、功能维度、生物气候维度与材料维度。 研究结论：针对乡村环境的柔性模块化住宅项目可有效应对复杂的住房需求，凸显可扩展模块的灵活性与适配性。该方案通过设置复式公寓创造收入来源，依托公共与商业空间培育社区与文化生活，结合景观设计与作物种植推动旅游业与乡村发展。此外，方案通过生物气候设计策略与资源的负责任利用，保障了项目的可持续性。