Civil Engineering and Architecture 11(6): 3293-3304, 2023 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110605 Typification of Facades in Historical Housing in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico Maria Loya-Montiel 1,2,* , Marco Varela-Tovar 1 , Karla Andrade-Rubio 1 , Esperanza Conradi-Galnares 3 1 Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Circuito Universitario S/N, Centro Universitario Sur, Tampico, Mexico 2 Department of Soil Sciences, National Tecnological School of Mexico/ IT Los Mochis, Juan de Dios Batiz y 20 de Noviembre, Los Mochis, Mexico 3 Department of Architectonical Constructions, Superior Architecture School of Sevillela, Avda, Reina Mercedes, Spain Received January 30, 2023; Revised July 27, 2023; Accepted August 15, 2023 Cite This Paper in the Following Citation Styles (a): [1] Maria Loya-Montiel, Marco Varela-Tovar, Karla Andrade-Rubio, Esperanza Conradi-Galnares , "Typification of Facades in Historical Housing in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 3293 - 3304, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110605. (b): Maria Loya-Montiel, Marco Varela-Tovar, Karla Andrade-Rubio, Esperanza Conradi-Galnares (2023). Typification of Facades in Historical Housing in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 11(6), 3293 - 3304. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110605. Copyright©2023 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 Houses have represented a window into the history of any population. In Los Mochis, a city located in the northwestern part of Mexico, this phenomenon can also be appreciated when La Colonia Obrera was created. This development was the first attempt in the city to provide housing to the workers of the United Sugar Companies S.A. This housing program was implemented by the corporation after twenty years of existence, and it exemplified a new set of working policies that arrived at the zone, but it was also a right requested by the workforce. This document explains the work done to identify the main formal characteristics on facades of the different prototypes of houses in the iconic Colonia Obrera in Los Mochis, in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico for similarities with traditional housing made in the area, for this matter was necessary to visit the area in order to identify those which had more features preserved according to the original design. After the identification, these pieces were analyzed and were included in this paper with the description of their main features. For these observations, it was necessary to draw on documentary information saved in different archives. The results of this labor show the simplicity and the functionality of housing that once responded to the needs of the period. Keywords Historical Housing, Prototypes, Typification 1. Introduction The necessity of shelter has been a constant in the entire history of humans, and it represents an interesting reflection of the society and needs of every phase of the development of human species. Currently, it is not an exception, as in 2009, the world’s urban population surpassed its rural population for the first time in human history. The demand for safe, decent, and affordable housing has evolved qualitatively as well as quantitatively, with dramatic, positive increases in average household wealth in most countries leading to physical improvements in housing conditions [1]. That is why, the construction of housing for the workforce has been a present element in the main growing cities around the world since the need to live has also grown near industries. The Industrial Revolution took over old cities as well as rural and inhospitable places, first appearing in slums or neighborhoods with a lack of urban services, and utopic thinkers started to think about the need to live near work centers [2]. It is well known that this growth in cities in the beginnings of the industrial era as well as its effects on the population was disproportionate, without any planning or control, and this was reflected in the lack of services and primal need satisfaction of the existing housing. These houses were just a shelter that protected the user against the environment, and because of that, many health issues were