The first in-depth study of the modern architectural history of Quito, Ecuador.
Situated at the crossroads of foreign influence and local vernacular, Quito – with its world-famous yet understudied architecture – stands as a testament to architectural in-betweenness, and this book interweaves history and theory to understand how near and far influences have shaped its unique architectural character.
Six central case studies present diverse and unexpected episodes in Quito's architectural history – ranging from modernist housing projects to an account of Quito's singular appropriation of the motel typology – together showing how the fluxes of the global and the local have created an architecture marked by diversity and interrelation. Alongside the case studies, this anthology introduces a theoretical framework, elaborating notions of the in-between and the local, concepts which are increasingly referenced in architecture, and which have many variations and embodiments. This book not only adds to the evolution of these concepts, it shows them to be invaluable instruments in the study of the architectures of Latin America and of the Global South more broadly.
With contributions from a new generation of Ecuadorian architecture scholars, Modern Architecture of Quito is a must-read for students and researchers studying how architectural modernism developed in Latin America.
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A historical study of Latin American modernism, foregrounding Quito, Ecuador as a point of encounter between local and international influences.
Acknowledgements
Foreword, Lara Schrijver (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Approaching
1. Architectures of the In-Between - Christian Parreno (San Francisco de
Quito University, Ecuador)
2. Kenneth Framptons Towards a Critical Regionalism: A Retreat from
Postmodernism or a Visionary Plea for a Resilient Future? - Véronique
Patteeuw (ENSAP Lille, France) and Léa-Catherine Szacka (University of
Manchester, UK)
Encountering
3. The Maze of El Panecillo, or the Impossible Roundabout - Cristina Bueno
(San Francisco de Quito University, Ecuador)
4. Architecture for Pan-Americanism: Local Aspirations, Regional Interests,
and the (Unrealized) Inter-American Conference of Quito of 1959 - Ernesto
Bilbao (Auburn University, USA)
5. Modern Houses on the Slopes of Quito - Marcelo Banderas (San Francisco de
Quito University, Ecuador)
6. The Motel, a Neighborhood in Quito: The Adaptation of an Imported Type -
Karina Cazar and Ana María Carrión (both San Francisco de Quito University,
Ecuador)
Extrapolating
7. Our North Is the South: Reflections from a Meeting on Teaching the History
of Latin American Architecture - Ana María León (Harvard Graduate School of
Design, USA) and Fernando Luis Martínez (University of Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
8. Neither Black nor White: The In-Between Position of Latin Modern
Architects - Ana Esteban-Maluenda (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain)
9. The Universal, the Global, the Regional, and the Local: Toward an
Architecture of Place - Karen Rogers (Auburn University, USA)
Contributors
Index
Christian Parreno is Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture at San Francisco University of Quito, Ecuador. He is the author of Boredom, Architecture, and Spatial Experience (Bloomsbury, 2021).
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