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Castillo Hermanos Hardware Store, Quito, Ecuador
2005
Arquitectura X

arquitectura x
Adrian Moreno Núñez
María Samaniego Ponce

Structural Design: Diego Robalino
Photographs: Sebastián Crespo

Project: 2004
Construction: 2004-05

After the success of the reforms done to their main store in 2002, the
company decided to build a structure that, for the first time, was designed
specifically for its large storage, offices and sales requirements. A
site was chosen, located at the south end of the city on the main access
route to Quito, in an area that is chaotically consolidating with multiple
uses.

The project is defined by the location of the storage space and the truck
access and car parking, trying to minimize the footprint of the building,
opening up the space at the front and side of the lot offering an alternative
to the dense front occupation and urban decay of the district.

The structural design and choice of materials strive to take the weight
off the building, since it had to occupy a high percentage of the lot,
by means of a cantilevered structure and by using different degrees of
transparency, during the day to control sunlight, and at night to appear
like a large display case or a lantern that attract the attention of passers
by to the store.

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