Capturing aerial photographs allows raising awareness of a project feature usually complex to capture using traditional methods. Based on the technological opportunities offered by small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly called drones, architecture photographers have begun to explore new ways of capturing a project in order to expose design decisions such as implantation, dialogue with the environment, or the relationship with nearby buildings.

1. Capturing aerial photographs allows raising awareness of a project feature usually complex to capture
using traditional methods. Based on the technological opportunities offered by small unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), commonly called drones, architecture photographers have begun to explore new ways
of capturing a project in order to expose design decisions such as implantation, dialogue with the
environment, or the relationship with nearby buildings.
Being able to convey the architectural relationship between a building and its context is something that
has aroused the interest of architects even before digital photography was not yet available as
Aerial Photography of Houses in Ecuador: Visualizing a
Building From Above
Written by Belén Maiztegui | Translated by Nicolás Valencia
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2. a massive tool today is.
Commonly represented on drawings as “floor plan, this type of visualization allowed to explain
information about the environment and, at the same time, give clues about the programmatic
organization of the plan.
Can you decode some design strategies by viewing only the aerial photos of a project? Can you guess
how the building is oriented according to the shadows cast by its volume? Where does it close and
where does it open? How does it relate to the existing roads and buildings? How do you position
yourself in front of the landscape? To illustrate with some examples, we present a selection of houses
across Ecuador showcased through aerial photography taken by drones.
Cumbaya House / Diego Guayasamin Arquitectos
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Year: 2016
Ortega House / Estudio A0
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3. Location: Sangolqui, Ecuador
Year: 2017
Su House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Year: 2017
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4. El Cortijo House / Felipe Assadi Arquitectos
Location: Samborondon, Ecuador
Year: 2018
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