Modern Architecture of Quito
Global, Local, and the In-Between
Published on 19. September 2024
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-350-45489-7 (ISBN)
Description
Situated at the crossroads of the foreign and the vernacular, Quito-the capital of Ecuador, with its world-famous yet understudied built environment-stands as a testament to architectural in-betweenness. This book interweaves history and theory to explore how near and far influences have shaped its unique character.
Case studies present diverse and unexpected episodes in the architectural history of this city, spanning the intricacies of its topography, the design of modernist houses and the appropriation of the motel typology. Together, they show how fluxes of different origins have created an architecture marked by diversity and interrelation. To theoretically frame these investigations, this anthology readdresses the notions of the global and the local, examining their tension and unavoidable coexistence, while introducing the in-between as a phenomenon with many variations and embodiments, increasingly referenced in architectural thinking. This book not only furthers the evolution of these concepts but also demonstrates their value as tools for analyzing the architectures of Latin America and the Global South more broadly.
With contributions from both international experts and a new generation of Ecuadorian scholars, Modern Architecture of Quito is an indispensable resource for students and researchers investigating the development of architectural modernism in Latin America.
Case studies present diverse and unexpected episodes in the architectural history of this city, spanning the intricacies of its topography, the design of modernist houses and the appropriation of the motel typology. Together, they show how fluxes of different origins have created an architecture marked by diversity and interrelation. To theoretically frame these investigations, this anthology readdresses the notions of the global and the local, examining their tension and unavoidable coexistence, while introducing the in-between as a phenomenon with many variations and embodiments, increasingly referenced in architectural thinking. This book not only furthers the evolution of these concepts but also demonstrates their value as tools for analyzing the architectures of Latin America and the Global South more broadly.
With contributions from both international experts and a new generation of Ecuadorian scholars, Modern Architecture of Quito is an indispensable resource for students and researchers investigating the development of architectural modernism in Latin America.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
44 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-45489-7 (9781350454897)
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Person
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).
Content
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 Frampton's "Towards a Critical Regionalism": A Retreat from Postmodernism or a Visionary Plea for a Resilient Future? - Veronique Patteeuw (ENSAP Lille, France) and Lea-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 Maria Carrion (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 Maria Leon (Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA) and Fernando Luis Martinez (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
Foreword, Lara Schrijver (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Approaching
1. Architectures of the In-Between - Christian Parreno (San Francisco de Quito University, Ecuador)
2. Kenneth Frampton's "Towards a Critical Regionalism": A Retreat from Postmodernism or a Visionary Plea for a Resilient Future? - Veronique Patteeuw (ENSAP Lille, France) and Lea-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 Maria Carrion (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 Maria Leon (Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA) and Fernando Luis Martinez (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