Diseño y elaboración de modelos a escala de lugares y personajes de la ciudad de Ambato.

Abstract

The following investigation's objective was to design and elaborate scale models of places and characters in the Ambato city, for preteens, managing to strengthen and reinforce the knowledge of their cultural and historical identity. An investigation allowed to do a qualitative study of information to be carried out in which relevant data on each of the heritage sites and characters of the city. Horst Rittel methodology was composed of 6 phases, documentary files were made on the characteristics of the heritage sites, teachers were interviewed to establish the emblematic characters of the city. It was used different graphic and 3D modeling software such as Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator for the realization of the 3D models through a series of processes and also it was developed an augmented reality mobile application, later the informative material was designed for acceptance by young people to better understand the Ambato city history, changing the public's focus around the cultural identity it possesses. In conclusion, many preteens understand the history and people who worked at each of the heritage sites within the Ambato city, being very helpful to value their historical cultural identity so it will lose over time, finally, it is recommended to continue researching and carrying out more didactic-educational technology projects.