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QBE Colonial Insurance Company

Corporate project in Quito, Ecuador. 18,000 m². Built.

QBE Colonial Insurance Company: night exterior of a glass and white-panelled office building with blue lighting and traffic on the street below

Facts of the board

Type
Corporate
Place
Quito, Ecuador
Area
18,000 m²
Status
Builtas stated on the 2015 site, to be confirmed
Photography
Sebastián Crespo

Pending from the studio: competition, year, client.

Project statement

A proposal made up of the articulation of two main volumes that consolidate a contained public plaza, as a contribution to the beautification and ornament of the city. The extension of these volumes toward their ends sensorially creates a welcoming embrace for users and visitors because of their spatial configuration.

The bodies develop through the contrast of a double skin: a light one of glass resting on stone, and a solid one of blind walls resting on water elements. The large glazed surface becomes an urban backdrop curtain, reflecting the city and the Andean skyline with the iconic Pichincha volcano as its protagonist.

Translated from the studio's Spanish for this concept; pending the studio's review.

QBE Colonial Insurance Company
QBE Colonial Insurance Company. Photography: Sebastián Crespo
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