El presente trabajo tiene el objetivo de formular una propuesta metodológica que sirva para la recuperación del Sistema Vial Inca Qhapaq Ñan en zonas de crecimiento urbano de los centros poblados asentados a lo largo de la vía troncal del Chinchaysuyu en la Región Cusco, basada en conceptos de sostenibilidad. Con este fin se plantea una investigación que evalúa la forma como se viene llevando a cabo esta labor, analizando teorías científicas existentes a nivel local, nacional e internacional, la normativa peruana vigente directamente relacionada, identificando las principales causas de deterioro y obteniendo información de la Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura Cusco del Ministerio de Cultura, los gobiernos municipales y pobladores que residen a lo largo de esta trayectoria, como los tres actores principales involucrados en esta propuesta. El arco temporal referencial se ubica...

This article presents an architecture critique about the result of the La Almudena Bridge Restoration and Value Enhancement project in the city of Cusco, which ended the year 2006. Said project starts from the idea of physically recovering the historical Inca road system, the Qhapaq Ñan, that was once the crucial integration tool of the then empire of the Tawantinsuyu. The realization of the project also meant the renovation of a space under a marked deterioration and insalubrity process. As well, it caused the reopening of the access through which Cusco communicates with the Kuntisuyu, or coastal, territories. Unexpected challenges and new methodological experiences appeared during the intervention, and a new way to understand the value of public civil transportation heritage was born, previously not truly appreciated. 

This article presents an architecture critique about the result of the La Almudena Bridge Restoration and Value Enhancement project in the city of Cusco, which ended the year 2006. Said project starts from the idea of physically recovering the historical Inca road system, the Qhapaq Ñan, that was once the crucial integration tool of the then empire of the Tawantinsuyu. The realization of the project also meant the renovation of a space under a marked deterioration and insalubrity process. As well, it caused the reopening of the access through which Cusco communicates with the Kuntisuyu, or coastal, territories. Unexpected challenges and new methodological experiences appeared during the intervention, and a new way to understand the value of public civil transportation heritage was born, previously not truly appreciated.