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UNASUR General Secretary Headquarters: dusk exterior of a large cantilevered building with a dark glass upper volume over a pale stone base, with mountains at left

Architecture with a light of its own.

Three public competitions, three first places.

  1. 2010

    First place

    UNASUR General Secretary Headquarters

    San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador. 20,000 m²

  2. 2013

    First place

    Embassy of Ecuador in Brasilia

    Brasilia, Brasil. 1,800 m²

  3. 2014

    First place

    Companies and Banks Superintendency Building

    Guayaquil, Ecuador. 32,000 m²

Won before it existed: the model, then the building.

  • Its base is a large public square.

  • The U rises, bounded by three virtual axes.

  • 55 metres without supports.

  • The largest cantilevered truss in South America.

  • First place, public competition, 2010.

White interpretive model of the UNASUR headquarters: a long dark glazed blade cantilevers 55 metres from a white stepped base, its band of windows lit. White interpretive model of the UNASUR headquarters: a long dark glazed blade cantilevers 55 metres from a white stepped base, its band of windows lit.

A 55 m cantilever with no supports.

Interpretive model from published photographs and drawings; not a model by the studio.

See UNASUR, the built work

  1. Sixteen works, three states.

    Each work's height follows its area.

  2. Built 6

  3. UNASUR General Secretary Headquarters

    20,000 m²

    San Antonio de Pichincha. Institutional. First place 2010

  4. QBE Colonial Insurance Company

    18,000 m²

    Quito. Corporate. Built

  5. Guayasamin Museum House

    1,800 m²

    Cumbayá. Cultural. Built

  6. Suyana Corporate Tower

    Quito. Corporate. Built

  7. Cumbayá Residence

    900 m²

    Cumbayá. Residential. Built

  8. La Moraleja Business Center

    10,500 m²

    Quito. Corporate. Built

  9. Under construction 4

  10. Companies and Banks Superintendency Building

    32,000 m²

    Guayaquil. Institutional. First place 2014

  11. Embassy of Ecuador in Brasilia

    1,800 m²

    Brasilia. Diplomatic. First place 2013

  12. Deportivo Quito Shopping Center and Stadium

    Stadium 42,340 m². Shopping centre 50,589 m²

    Quito. Sports. Under construction

  13. AC Residence

    1,000 m²

    Cumbayá. Residential. Under construction

  14. In study 2

  15. Hotel and Convention Centre Project

    m² to be confirmed

    Manta. Hospitality. In study

  16. Corporate Tower

    m² to be confirmed

    Quito. Corporate. In study

  17. See all 16 works

QUITO

The lights are on.

Quito's time sets the grade of every photograph on this page.

  • Quito, Guayaquil, Manta00:55
  • Brasilia02:55
  • Bogotá00:55
  • Lima00:55

17 Awards and recognitions, 2005 to 2016.

Three are first places in design competitions.

Awards

Cover of Ambiente y Color, No. 65, August-September 2016
Ambiente y Color
No. 65, August-September 2016
Cover of Architectural Digest México, April 2006
Architectural Digest México
April 2006
Cover of Selección CLAVE!, 2011
Selección CLAVE!
2011
Cover of Selección CLAVE!, 2016
Selección CLAVE!
2016
Cover of Construcción & Diseño, Real estate guide 2015; August 20, 2015
Construcción & Diseño
Real estate guide 2015; August 20, 2015
Cover of Crear Ambientes, Edition No. 62
Crear Ambientes
Edition No. 62
Cover of ¡Hola! Decoración, Special issue
¡Hola! Decoración
Special issue
Cover of Inhaus, Issue 06
Inhaus
Issue 06
Cover of Tasarim, Issue 254
Tasarim
Issue 254

Covers of magazines and books from the studio's publications page, with the outlet and issue as printed.

See all 40 publications

Photograph of a work by the studio

An architect from Quito.

Trained at the Universidad Católica de Quito and at Lufthansa Technik, Hamburg; he designs residential, corporate, commercial and sports buildings.

I always dreamed of a project of sober aesthetic creativity and technology exported from Ecuador and the region to the world.

From the UNASUR project board (studio site, 2015). Translated from the Spanish; attribution to be confirmed.

Read the biography

Edificio Pucará, Quito, the studio's offices. Photograph: to be confirmed. Portrait of the architect: to be confirmed with the studio.

A project starts with a conversation.

Av. República No. 500 y Diego de Almagro, Piso 13 PH, Edificio Pucará
Quito - Ecuador

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