Abstract

ACHIG, María Cecilia; PAREDES, María Cecilia  and  BARSALLO, María Gabriela. Study and proposals of colour for the architecture of the Historic Center of Cuenca-Ecuador. Estoa [online]. 2016, vol.5, n.8, pp.106-124. ISSN 1390-9274.  https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v005.n008.08.

Current research main objective is to identify colours that traditionally have been use in Cuenca´s Historical Center civil architecture. To reach this objective, a methodology has been developed that includes historic data, stories and testimonies of people that have kept in their memory, the colours that have been part of the city´s image. Additionally, prospective samples or "calas” were obtained to discover in situ, colours that were hidden in the walls and other facades´ elements of some historical patrimony buildings. This enabled to make a historical colour palette, which serves as a basic instrument to be taken in account in several chromatic proposals regarding buildings and urban sections inside Cuenca´s Historic Center.

Keywords : historical center of Cuenca; facades; colour proposal palette.

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