Foundations of the modernity of the architecture of Quito of the 20th century

The architectural texts that study modernity in the city of Quito are mostly a collection of buildings or authors and descriptions of their works, and because of this they do not contribute to an understanding of how modernity was represented into the city. Consequently, there is a lack of work that addresses the facts that influenced how the manifestations and expressions of modernity materialized both in society and the architecture of the city. This article makes a chronological review, intertwining the historical facts of Ecuador from the political, the economics and social, to explain the reasons for how the foundations of modernity were laid in the city of Quito. The explanation is made within a frame of understanding of modernity from the views of authors such as Bolivar Echeverria and David Harvey, proposing an analysis of the historical particularities of the country and the city. For this the growth of the city is analyzed, identifying the representative expressions architectural and evidencing the moments in which the foundations of modernity were presented and developed particularities that were manifested in the city of Quito in response to its own social, economic and political model.