The Lighhouse: Vernacular architecture that respects the traditional logics with lines of contemporaneity.
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It becomes a means of local social transformation. To this purpose, a light and flexible
arrangement of structural wood was implemented, combining Moral, Mangle, Asta and
Maria, under metal plates used as a fastening system, and wooden slab with laurel planks
and chopped cane - plastered as masonry. Being a construction proposed in wood, we seek
to explore this material from its structural aspect, insulating, light and easy to build.
In tropical areas such as Manabí, wood and guadua are synonyms of freshness, ecology
and savings. The guadua in its natural state exceeds 12 meters in height. It’s found in large
numbers in the mountainous areas of the province.