Ronald Mc Donald House

Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Ronald Mc Donald House

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Firm

Jannina Cabal Arquitectos

Type

Residential › Multi Unit Housing Student Housing
Government + Health › Community Center Medical Facility

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2016

The Foundation Ronald McDonald House Ecuador, developed a housing project with free accommodation for low income provincial families to stay in the city of Guayaquil in order for their children to receive medical treatment in SOLCA, a hospital specialized in cancer treatment.

The Foundation Ronald McDonald House Ecuador, developed a housing project with free accommodation for low income provincial families to stay in the city of Guayaquil in order for their children to receive medical treatment in SOLCA, a hospital specialized in cancer treatment.

The goal of the housing project is to provide a “Home Away from Home” to children and their families while recuperating, a place to feel welcome, comfortable and at ease.

Oriented from south to north, the Ronald MacDonald house was implanted in a 900 m2 square plot with a construction area of 1,243 m2. The housing project has the capacity to house about 35 families of two.

The project was developed as a two story building, Each floor is understood as a single unit with a specific use. The ground floor includes all public spaces overlooking the interior courtyard. The architectural program of the ground floor includes the entertainment room with a computer area, kitchen and dinning area, laundry room, administration offices with a meeting room and storage space. The entire first floor was developed for housing only 18 shared bedrooms and 4 comunal bathrooms.