ESTUDIO A0

WHERE Quito, Equador
PEOPLE Ana María Durán Calisto (b. Quito, Ecuador, 1971), Jaskran Kalirai (b. Derby, UK, 1974)

The main goal of Estudio A0 is a commitment to designing buildings that are ecologically responsible at all scales, focusing on recycling, locally-sourced energy, water recycling, high- and low-tech hybrids, locallysourced materials, and the reactivation of territorial ecologies. The winner of awards for their ability to decarbonize architecture and cities, the studio also carries out research into pre-Columbian urbanization.

SIGNS

  • Water-Wise, River Breath: Reframing design’s role with water, Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, 2022
  • Ecological Urbanism in Latin America, Mostafavi, M., Doherty, G., Correa, M., Durán Calisto, A. M. & Valenzuela, L., Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2019
  • The Quito Publishing House, Quito, Ecuador, 2014
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