arquitectura
Al Borde
Quito, Ecuador
Studio founded in 2007 in Quito (Ecuador) by David Barragán, Pascual Gangotena, Marialuisa Borja and Esteban Benavides. It is known for the Escuela Nueva Esperanza, built with just 200 dollars using timber bases, cane walls and straw roofs together with the fishing community. Its work, featured at the 2016 Venice Biennale, turns scarcity into value, employs local materials and community participation, and champions an architecture of minimal resources and low footprint deeply rooted in the territory.
- Category
- Architecture
- Region
- Quito, Ecuador
- Official website
- albordearq.com
Why we chose it
Because it turns scarcity into value with local materials such as cane and timber and community-based construction, achieving dignified architecture with a very low impact.
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- Where is Al Borde located?
- Al Borde is based in Quito, Ecuador.
- Why is Al Borde in the Descarboniza directory?
- Because it turns scarcity into value with local materials such as cane and timber and community-based construction, achieving dignified architecture with a very low impact.
