It is a 14 story, 15,000 m2 mixed use building: commercial on the lower floor, offices for the next four floors and residential units on the next nine floors. 

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Architects: Leppanen + Anker

Location: Quito, Ecuador

Area: 15000.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sebastián Crespo

Other Participants: Uribe & Schwarzkopf

Work Team: Sofía Chávez, Caroline Dieden, Alberto Játiva

Structural Calculation: Patricio Ramos

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It is a 14 story, 15,000 m2 mixed use building: commercial on the lower floor, offices for the next four floors and residential units on the next nine floors. 
Diagram

The building is located at an important intersection within the city where urban elements converge, such as a new metro stop, an important government building, a commercial shopping center and the most emblematic park of the city. Being the first new construction in this zone and highly visible, the building attempts to combine the many existing and new diverse elements through movements that bring new shadow lines  reflections and points of view.

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Floor Plan

In the search for spatial wealth elements of the facade were eliminated, this is achieved by a design concept that removes strategic corners of the...