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Chawpi Creative Laboratory has commissioned ENSUSITIO to design its renovated space in Quito. Now that it is ready, Gabi and José Luis have encouraged them to tell the story so that visitors to Chawpi—a cultural gallery, fruit shop, and juice bar—know who is behind the transformation of their space. ENSUSITIO has shared many processes with them, and they know that the Ecuadorian firm typically does not showcase its work. Thus, this exhibition was born, where ENSUSITIO will share how it is possible to work together and attempt to generate something, or spark something contagious.

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WinAReQ is the "International Workshop on Equinoctial Architecture," organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) at UTE University in Quito, Ecuador.

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For the fourteenth edition of the "Con Lo Que Hay" (With What We Have) Workshop (PUCE-FADA), we invite you to learn by doing as we construct the San Francisco de Miravalle Bajo de Guápulo Community Center. Learn about three different construction systems through three "on-site" workshops and contribute to the completion of the project; all proceeds will benefit the community.

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An architect serving as executive director at the Metropolitan Heritage Institute, an architectural photographer with experience throughout Ecuador, an architect and human rights activist, and an architect specializing in professional demolition will be the guests at the first international session of the X FORMAS DE HACER ARQUITECTURA project in Ecuador on Thursday, November 22, at 7:00 PM at TORNO Co Creative.

Known simply as XFORMAS, this is the first international session of the project led in Chile by Fabiola González + Yair Estay (TALLER25) and Nicolás Valencia (ArchDaily), which, in Ecuador, is partnered with the local firm Rama Estudio, led by architects Felipe Donoso, Carolina Rodas, and Carla Chávez.

Soon to become the tallest building in Quito, IQON is Bjarke Ingels Group's first project to be built in South America. Currently undergoing construction, the largely residential building is a curved tower with gradually protruding balconies. Encased between the dense city and the park, the self-dubbed "urban tree farm" aims not only to encompass the surrounding views of the volcanoes and nature beyond but also to integrate the landscape within the building itself.

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