Safdie Architects’ staggered Qorner tower for Quito to feature “hillside of terraces“

Volumes stagger in and out to create planted balconies and overhangs at the edges of this residential tower that Moshe Safdie’s architecture firm has revealed for Quito, Ecuador. Safdie Architects has designed the 24-storey Qorner for a small corner plot along Avenida Portugal – a busy shopping street in the Ecuadorian capital. Floors will comprise a series of cuboids that are shifted in and out to form an undulated profile on the east- and west-facing sides. Planted terraces at the ends will offer views