Oswaldo de la Torre's project for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the National Polytechnic School of Quito

Xavier Hernán Bonilla Montenegro

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-5032

Ecuador

Universidad Central del Ecuador

Es arquitecto desde 2008 y actualmente es profesor titular de la asignatura de Proyectos Arquitectónicos e investigador en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Es candidato a doctor en el Programa de Doctorado en Arquitectura Edificación Urbanística y Paisaje por la Universitat Politécnica de Valencia en España. Obtuvo el grado de especialización (2011) y maestría en Diseño Arquitectónico en 2012 en la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Ha sido profesor invitado en diversas escuelas de arquitectura a nivel nacional e internacional. En el ámbito profesional ha sido ganador de varios concursos nacionales de arquitectura.

Clara Elena Mejía Vallejo

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-3053

Spain

Universitat Politècnica de València

Proyectos Arquitectónicos

Submitted: 2022-03-30

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Accepted: 2022-06-21

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Published: 2022-06-30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/ege.2022.17414

Copyright (c) 2022 Xavier Hernán Bonilla Montenegro, Clara Elena Mejía Vallejo

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Keywords:

Ecuador, Modern architecture, constructive details, architectural project

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This research was not funded

Abstract:

The decade of the 1960s in Ecuador, and particularly in the city of Quito, was a key moment for the consolidation of local modern architecture. This period was characterised by the introduction of an imported language and the use of new materials. The new architecture implied a paradigm shift for the architects who were trained during this period. It brought with it the emergence of a new form of graphic definition of their projects. This article aims to show how this change in the definition of the project document and the emergence of a new architectural language were closely linked. In 1963, Oswaldo de la Torre drew the plans for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional. On that occasion he developed a project system for the elaboration of both compositional and constructive solutions, which served also as a basis for translating the ideas into a built reality.

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Bonilla, X., Villagómez, J. 2018. Interview with Fausto Moreno Ormaza [Personal communication].

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Hermida, M.A., Guerra, J. 2010. Perspectives on Modern Architecture in Ecuador Volume II. In Miradas a la Arquitectura Moderna en el Ecuador Tomo II: Vol. II (pp. 44-47).

Kraemer, S. 2011a. Interviews and houses. In Casas y arquitectos modernos en Quito. A referential generation (pp. 90-102). Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ.

Kraemer, S. 2011b. Interviews and houses. In Casas y arquitectos modernos en Quito. A referential generation (p. 93). Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ.

Sánchez, J.H. 2008. Interview with Oswaldo de la Torre Villacreses [Audio].

Vanegas, C. 2020, July 10. Interview with Cristina Vanegas (X. Bonilla & Villagómez Juan) [Audio visual].

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