Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador
30/03/2017.
Quito [Ecuador]
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This monumental sculpture designed by Fernando Rivera Salvador will be the gateway to the city of Quito (Ecuador) from the eastern access of the city.
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Site plan. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Plans of the project. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Section. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Diagram. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Diagram. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Diagram. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
Model. Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image courtesy of Fernando Rivera Salvador
Quito Sol Recto by Fernando Rivera Salvador. Image © Román Miranda
The proposal of Fernando Rivera Salvador, with a weight of 7.5 tons suspended 3.5 meters above the ground, is also loaded with symbolism and meaning.
Description of the project by Fernando Rivera Salvador
The project is located in Quito (Ecuador), on the intersection of Av. Simón Bolívar and Ruta Viva, one of the main infrastructures of the city and eastern access of the city.
It is a project loaded with symbology as it symbolizes the name of the city of Quito (Ki Toh-Sun Recto) and symbolic sculptural instrument of Andean wisdom, the Measurement of Time (Solar Clock).
The project, by its scale, has a double reading, on the one hand marks the access to the city of Quito, and on the other, it is a great clock that marks the equinoxes and solstices.
Its height is 25 m high and is separated from the ground 3.5 m, its structure is configured with the structural principle of tensegrity and weighs 7.5 tonnes.
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Architects
Fernando Rivera Salvador
Collaborators
Juan Franscisco Rivadeneira, architect. Franco Rosillo, engineer. Aldo ortiz, engineer
Developer
Municipio de Quito. EPMMOP-Q
Dates
2017
Fernando Rivera Salvador
Fernando Rivera Salvador (1977) is an architect graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2001) specialized in ArchitecturalDesign. He created Taller de Arquitectura FRS in 2003 and operates from Quito and Guayaquil – Ecuador.
He worked hand by hand with Jose Maria Sáez Vaquero and Handel Guayasamín obtaining the first place for the architectual urban landscaping project called “Entrada para Quito” sponsored by the city’s municipality. He has also worked in several architectual projects with private companies and banks and also with public and government institutions such as: National Police, Corte Constitucional and Education Ministry. Some other projects included a full renovation: “Casa Helvetia” (built in 1920), “CentralBanck-Economics National Museum” (built in 1926), “Casa 707” at La Ronda (built in 1896) among others. Some urban landscape designs made for the EPMMPO-Q (Parks Management) in Quito, Riobamba, Otavalo and Guayaquil include the “Mega Cultural Center Quitumbe – Silos de Quito”, “Culture´s Agora” “Poncho’s Market” in Otavalo, “Extreme Park” in Penipe, “The Wisdom Plaza with the urban landscaping sculpture “Quito Sol Recto” and “The Memorial Plaza with the Solar Feather sculpture” in Guayaquil.
In 2012, he won the First Honor Prize given by the Cultural and Patrimony Ministry with his architectural sculpture called “La Luz de Alfaro”. In 2015, he got the First Honor Prize with his landscaping project/sculpture “Plaza de la Victoria de la Paz” given by the Ecuador Defense Ministry. In 2016, jointly with the Embassy of France, his architectual landscaping project called “INTI NAN” (Five temples throughout the Equator line) was boosted and exposed by him at the Quito’s Cultural Center and also at the Architectures School in Cuenca.
Among his award distinctions, stand out: The Oswaldo Guayasamín Visual Arts Award gotten in 2014. His artwork has been published in the visual, printed and social media including Architecture books and magazines.
He worked hand by hand with Jose Maria Sáez Vaquero and Handel Guayasamín obtaining the first place for the architectual urban landscaping project called “Entrada para Quito” sponsored by the city’s municipality. He has also worked in several architectual projects with private companies and banks and also with public and government institutions such as: National Police, Corte Constitucional and Education Ministry. Some other projects included a full renovation: “Casa Helvetia” (built in 1920), “CentralBanck-Economics National Museum” (built in 1926), “Casa 707” at La Ronda (built in 1896) among others. Some urban landscape designs made for the EPMMPO-Q (Parks Management) in Quito, Riobamba, Otavalo and Guayaquil include the “Mega Cultural Center Quitumbe – Silos de Quito”, “Culture´s Agora” “Poncho’s Market” in Otavalo, “Extreme Park” in Penipe, “The Wisdom Plaza with the urban landscaping sculpture “Quito Sol Recto” and “The Memorial Plaza with the Solar Feather sculpture” in Guayaquil.
In 2012, he won the First Honor Prize given by the Cultural and Patrimony Ministry with his architectural sculpture called “La Luz de Alfaro”. In 2015, he got the First Honor Prize with his landscaping project/sculpture “Plaza de la Victoria de la Paz” given by the Ecuador Defense Ministry. In 2016, jointly with the Embassy of France, his architectual landscaping project called “INTI NAN” (Five temples throughout the Equator line) was boosted and exposed by him at the Quito’s Cultural Center and also at the Architectures School in Cuenca.
Among his award distinctions, stand out: The Oswaldo Guayasamín Visual Arts Award gotten in 2014. His artwork has been published in the visual, printed and social media including Architecture books and magazines.
