Civil Engineering and Architecture 12(1): 509-519, 2024 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.120137 Sensory Architecture and Public Spaces in the Practice of the Ancestral Ritual of Huaylarsh in the District of Pucara Christian Raúl Unocc Ospina * , Vladimir Simon Montoya Torres Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru Received June 15, 2023; Revised September 25, 2023; Accepted October 23, 2023 Cite This Paper in the Following Citation Styles (a): [1] Christian Raú l Unocc Ospina, Vladimir Simon Montoya Torres , "Sensory Architecture and Public Spaces in the Practice of the Ancestral Ritual of Huaylarsh in the District of Pucara," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 509 - 519, 2024. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.120137. (b): Christian Raú lUnocc Ospina, Vladimir Simon Montoya Torres (2024). Sensory Architecture and Public Spaces in the Practice of the Ancestral Ritual of Huaylarsh in the District of Pucara. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 12(1), 509 – 519. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.120137. Copyright©2024 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract In this research, we propose to see the incidence of sensory architecture in public spaces in the Peruvian high Andean zone of the district of Pucara, an environment where the ancestral dance known as Huaylarsh is practiced, which has a background with agriculture and pastoral love. From a diagnosis, we will detect the considerations of the relations of the sensorial characters in the urban environment, opening a set of questions in relation to the cultural development in the towns that need diffusion and support in the expression of their most representative customs. The information on local public spaces was collected by means of an observation sheet, in which several general characteristics were recorded, such as typology, state of conservation and use of equipment, in addition to focusing on sensory criteria such as accessibility, visual language, fluidity in the environment, harmony of materials and comfortable acoustics. This information is complemented by surveys of residents who use public spaces to understand and contextualize their perception of urban space. It was determined that the level of influence of sensory architecture in various public spaces of the Huaylarsh event is moderately favorable, due to multiple deficiencies in the areas analyzed that prevent the spectator and dancer from fully enjoying the event. Keywords Huaylarsh, Public Space, Sensory Architecture, Urban Atmosphere, Urban Diagnosis, Folkloric Rituals 1. Introduction Public spaces have relevance in everyday life because they are the place of interaction of human activities with physical elements, where cultural [1] and artistic exchange, such as the dissemination of folkloric dances, fits circumstantially. The perspective of the spectators and participants at the moment of sharing these cultural dynamics plays an essential role since the high-flown movements and melodies come to evoke a sea of emotions that can trigger a state of well-being and cultural identity [2]. The present research focused on determining the influence of public spaces in the development of artistic events in the district of Pucara [3], since it currently lacks appropriate and implemented areas for these purposes. Therefore, the members of the various artistic organizations practice in parks, squares, sports fields and even streets or avenues, which are not enabled for this type of activity, taking into account the above mentioned and that the sector has an incredible potential in terms of folkloric aspects, artistic and cultural aspects [2]; since years before the pandemic, the famous Huaylarsh contests took place, a massive gathering of spectators, musical