IQON Residences
Quito, Ecuador
Client
Uribe Schwarzkopf
Typology
Residential
Size m2/ft2
55,000 / 390,000
Status
Completed
THE SITE & MAXIMUM VOLUME — The program demands a massing that maximizes the footprint to stay below the height limit.
VIEW OPTIMIZATION — The massing is oriented towards the most desirable views of Pichincha, La Carolina and Cotopaxi.
IQON — The Carolina park climbs up the rotating boxes that make up the façade of the building to create a vertical display of Quito's biodiversity.
PRIVATE TERRACES — The façade is further broken down into rotated boxes, creating private terraces for each unit.
THROUGH-UNITS — Split cores allow for premium through-units which are optimal for daylight, views and cross-ventilation.
PARK EXTENSION — The ground floor plaza is designed to be an extension of La Carolina park.
“We’ve tried to take all the iconic qualities of Quito - such as the enjoyment of living in one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, in a city on the equator where the seasons are perfect for both human and plant life - and bring that experience into the vertical dimension. IQON is an entire vertical community of individual homes; an extension of La Carolina Park that now climbs all the way up to the rooftop."Bjarke Ingels - Founder & Creative Director, BIG
“Each apartment floor features through-units - apartments that have terraces on both the north and south facades - which not only allows for views across the entire city, but also offers the opportunity for cross ventilation and a sense of openness.”Thomas Christoffersen - Partner, BIG
Partner in Charge
Bjarke Ingels
Thomas Christoffersen
Project Designer
Lorenz Krisai
Project Architect
Lucia Sanchez Ramirez
Stephanie Choi
Project Leader, Interiors
Francesca Portesine
Project Team
Beat Schenk
Amir Mikhaeil
Jason Wu
Jan Leenknegt
Margaret Tyrpa
Peter Sepassi
Stephanie Mauer
Terrence Chew
Tracy Sodder
Bell Cai
Ziad Shehab
Stephen Kwok
Deb Campbell
Andrea Di Pompeo
Angel Barreno Gutiérrez
Benjamin Novacinski
Chengjie Jacob Li
Claire Djang
Clara Sanfeliu
Douglass Alligood
Juan David Ramirez
Maria Sole Bravo
Magdalena Narkiewicz
Rune Wriedt
Sijia Zhou
Benjamin Caldwell
Josiah Poland
Ma Ning
Megan Ng
Sebastian Grogaard
Collaborators
Rene Lagos Engineers and Fernando Romo
CPP Wind Tunnel
Geo Estudios
Trialmech
Incoayam
Consel
Estrusa