BIO ENGLISH

ANA GABRIELA SALVADOR IRIGOYEN

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING

SPAIN/ ECUADOR

Focus on architecture design, sustainability, innovation and urban planning. Strong track record designing buildings of different typologies and developing urban guidelines towards sustainable cities through collaborative and multidisciplinary work. +15 years of experience as project architect, urban director and university teacher, leading teams of architects and professionals in all stages of the project. Developed complex and large scale projects.

Architect (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador PUCE), Master in Urban Planning with a Mention in Governance and Urban Planning focused on climate change (PUCE), Master in Architectural Design (Higher Technical School of Architecture. University of Navarra ETSAUN-Spain). Diploma for Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism, and Diploma in Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism (University of Salamanca-Spain).

“Long-term planning and large-scale developments requires consensual challenges and a high level of collective awareness of the common good. It also requires involving multiple stakeholders in order to achieve social value impacts in urban regeneration projects.”

 

Having studied and worked in Sweden, Spain, Austria, Ecuador and Perú, she has developed a global approach towards architecture design and urban planning. She has collaborated in renowned architectural offices such as Francisco Mangado Architects in Spain, Rafael Vélez Calisto, Alfredo Rivadeneira & Henry Carrión, and Milton Barragán Architects in Ecuador.

She worked as: Part-time University lecturer in Architectural Design (Quito San Francisco University USFQ, University of the Americas UDLA, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador PUCE). Undersecretary of Habitat and Public Space and Advisor, Ministry of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador (MIDUVI). Director of Special Projects, Metropolitan Public Company of Habitat and Housing, Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito (EPMHV), Directive Technical Advisor, Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning Quito (IMPU).

She has developed various building types, including housing, civic and commercial buildings, offices, museums, exhibitions, cemeteries, hotels and museums. Coordinated and developed several publications such as: “Sustainable Habitat Agenda of Ecuador 2036”, “Vision of Quito 2040, Planning at the neighborhood scale”, “Territorial Planning in the Communes of the Metropolitan District of Quito”.

AWARDS

FIRST PRIZE Urban & Architecture Design Competition: New Legislative Complex in Quito, Ecuador. Area: 22,600m2. Urban áreas 2.6ha (2010).

SECOND PRIZE Urban & Architecture Design Competition: Five-star hotel in Baños, Ecuador. Area: 14,000m2 (2018).

THIRD PRIZE Architecture Design Competition: Quito Innovation Center (QIC), KOICA-CONQUITO offices, Quito. Ecuador. Area: 3,255 m2 (2022)

OTHER DISTINCTIONS

First Vice-President and Membership Chairman of the International Women´s Club in Gothenburg, Sweden (2025),  Delegate of Ecuador – BAL Spain (2019-2025); Member of the Commission of the City Forum, CAE-P (2017-2019); National Jury – BIAU Paraguay (2019); “Ornato de Quito” Award Jury (2015); Secretary of the Jury – Ecuador Architecture Biennial (2014); Member of the Honor Commission, CAE-P (2008-2010).

COLLABORATION IN THE FOLLOWING ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS: 

Alfredo Rivadeneira, Ecuador
MILTON BARRAGAN Arquitectos, Ecuador
FRANCISCO MANGADO Arquitectos, España
Rafael Vélez Calisto, Ecuador

UNIVERSITIES

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Local and National Government

Instituto Metropolitano de Planificación Urbana, Quito, Ecuador
Empresa Metropolitana de Hábitat y Vivienda
Ministerio de Desarrollo urbano y Vivienda

Other activities

Bienal Arquitectura Latinoamericana BAL, España
Colegio de Arquitectos de Pichincha CAE-P

News

Libro: Arquitectas: obras y proyectos de arquitectas del Ecuador en el siglo ventiuno
Complejo Legislativo de Quito, Concurso Primer Premio
Trama 118 – Trama Ediciones

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