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Airos Building
Airos Building
Quito, Ecuador
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Airos Building
Quito, Ecuador
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2018
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
AIROS is a case study of how real estate market constraints can become opportunities for meaningful architectural invention. In this case, the project was commissioned by an international property developer who required the entire building to be eligible for acquisition by a single foreign client.
One non-negotiable requirement was the inclusion of an external emergency evacuation route, independent from the building’s standard vertical circulation core.
Our architectural response turned a technical demand into a spatial virtue: a full-height vertical void was introduced and designed as a hydroponic urban garden, seamlessly integrating the emergency staircase within a living, green environment. This garden connects all floors up to a rooftop terrace, offering a continuous, multisensory experience.
Beyond its emergency function, the garden has become a social anchor—an unexpected heart of the building where residents gather, cultivate, and harvest aromatic and edible plants like mint, strawberries, lemon verbena, and basil. A space born from regulation, transformed into shared wellbeing.
One non-negotiable requirement was the inclusion of an external emergency evacuation route, independent from the building’s standard vertical circulation core.
Our architectural response turned a technical demand into a spatial virtue: a full-height vertical void was introduced and designed as a hydroponic urban garden, seamlessly integrating the emergency staircase within a living, green environment. This garden connects all floors up to a rooftop terrace, offering a continuous, multisensory experience.
Beyond its emergency function, the garden has become a social anchor—an unexpected heart of the building where residents gather, cultivate, and harvest aromatic and edible plants like mint, strawberries, lemon verbena, and basil. A space born from regulation, transformed into shared wellbeing.
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