From left to right: Pablo Moreira, President Colegio de Arquitectos de Pichincha; María Samaniego, President 2018 BAQ; Alejandra Pinto, General Coordinator 2018 BAQ; Fabián Farfán, President FPAA and Jacobo Herdoiza, Secretario de Territorio Hábitat y Vivienda for the Municipal Government.
On the 23d of November, 2018, the Awards Ceremony of the 21st Pan-American Quito Architectural Biennial took place. During the evening, and for the first time ever, the “BAQ Professional Accomplishment Distinction” was awarded to Jaime Davalos from Ecuador and German Samper from Colombia.
The 21st BAQ was structured around 3 axes: The Academic event, the Biennial Awards and the Cultural events, it had around 2000 participants in 4 simultaneous settings, the National Theatre, Demetrio Aguilera Theatre, Capitol Theatre and SENPLADES auditorium.