WildSumaco Biological Station / Caá Porá Arquitectura

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Text description provided by the architects. The WildSumaco Biological Station is located on the outskirts of the Pacto Sumaco community, at the foot of the Sumaco volcano and the primary core zone of the Sumaco Napo Galeras National Park—a point where the Andean slope meets the humid breath of the high Amazon. It is one of the most biodiverse regions in Ecuador and, consequently, the world, a place where the forest does not serve as a backdrop but rather as material, climate, sound, shadow, and scale. Designing here demands listening before imposing, taking the context in its entirety as a starting point rather than an obstacle.