“Comprehensive support center for women in situations of violence” proposal for the city of La Paz, Bolivia

Abstract

The Universidad del Valle de Bolivia's policies are to fulfill the social responsibility in all its subjects and at all levels, providing a response to the needs of citizens. In this sense, the Architecture Workshop of the last semester of the Architecture and Urban Planning degree of the 2022 administration, has developed the project "Comprehensive support center for women in situations of violence", a proposal that responds to a latent need until the date for the city of La Paz and as a reference for other cities in Bolivia, in order to prevent the alarming growth rates of cases of violence against women and femicides registered throughout the country. The work used a methodology with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative), and was also combined with the methodologies of parallel projection and project research, due to its rigorous and systematic process to obtain relevant information for decision-making in the project process. The goal of the study was to understand the complex world of lived experience from the point of view of all people involved. The result of the entire process was to achieve a solid investigation to propose a project with practical and effective solutions in architectural design with the resolution of the problems studied. The project was proposed in the Periférica Macrodistrict, one of the areas with the highest rate of cases and which had areas of care, prevention, protection and reintegration. Likewise, once completed, the project was presented to the La Paz Municipal Council of the La Paz Mayor's Office as an innovative proposal, recommending that the budget assigned to gender equality and equity be better executed, as well as for the implementation of this equipment, which It would contribute to all institutions that work on prevention at all government levels.