Aiming to create a 'tridimensional community', building volumes in different sizes offer the residents and their families a variety of openings, passages, parks and pockets for play, social life, work and enjoyment.
Description of project by BIG
With BIG’s first building IQON under construction in Ecuador, BIG and Uribe & Schwarzkopf once again join forces to bring a vertical neighborhood to Quito, the greenest capital in South America. Situated on the edge of La Carolina park, the interlocking 24-story building brings the park’s many plant species into the building to create a truly green community with an abundance of light and landscape at various levels.
The historical center of Quito with its red herringbone sidewalks is a bombardment of forms, geometry, typography and color. At the south tip of La Carolina park, our aim is to create a three dimensional community: a constellation of building volumes in different sizes that form a holistic whole, offering the residents and their families a variety of sun-filled openings, passages, parks and pockets for play, social life, work and enjoyment.
“As architects we are often a little afraid to play with color – in Quito we thought it could be interesting to use color to accentuate the different building blocks and give each volume its own shade of red. IQON was our first collaboration with U&S and also our first project in Latin America. Joining forces on our second project, one can only begin to imagine the level we could take it to by continuing this inspiring collaboration.”
Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.
