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Quito has expanded without control, having as a result satellite towns of various scales, Nayon is one of them having the recognition of being Quito’s garden and main plant producer for the city. Historically Nayon has a great culture weight for the city hence the latest city plan making Nayon a housing zone will destroy its culture and economy structure. This project is focused on the conservation of cultural and historical memory by creating a building that stitches together Quito with Nayon without having to destroy one of them. The building’s structure then is based on a hybrid given by the study of the zone’s economy, activities and culture.

Quito located in Pichincha province, has a topography that allows the city to grow in a South to North fashion, limited by cliffs and change of natural levels which create disconnections between various zones many of them located at the East limit of Quito.

One of this zones is located in Montesserin, located between two cliffs flowing east to west and one of the biggest parks of the city. Monteserrin also is neighbor to a satellite forgotten town, Nayon.

Nayon is a agricultural based society that ones was known as the garden of the city for suppling it of ornamental plants as well as trees. Sadly this town is now being lost because of housing growth without exploring a vertical growth on the city.

The public library of London, a competition organized by ArchMedium aims to be the most technological advanced library in the world. The building located near some of the most important landmarks of the city, including London’s city hall and Tower Bridge, will be a focus and meeting point that will talk and act as a medium to know about London’s history. Because of this our focus point was to tell a story using a walkable circulation which will teach London’s history by its landmarks and books in a interactive matter.

Landscape:

The project previously being a small park with a large variety of London’s flora gathered though out its history, was endangered by our proposal. Therefore we created a multiple set of areas where we could cultivate this rich variety of plants and show it as a living library for all. The garden not only would surround the project but also it would embrace it by having a frame structure that creates a hanged garden with multiple species listed in the diagram on the left.

Circulation:

The proposal given by a context study focuses on land usage and people’s movement trough the zone, looks for a non invasive action maintaining the existing path as a sense of memory instead of destroying it. Also it adds a secondary path in which London’s landmarks can be appreciated while the library is being walked trough, so a true history immersion can be created.

Kait Institute - Junya Ishigami

XXI Panamerican Architecture Biennial Quito 2018Analysis Marco Villegas , Francisco Reyes 2018.