Modern Architecture of Quito (eBook, PDF)

Global, Local, and the In-Between
Redaktion: Parreno, Christian

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350454903
• Artikelnr.: 72246252

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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? - 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