ARQUITECTURA DEL SIGLO XX EN EL INVENTARIO PATRIMONIAL DE QUITO

The modern architectural heritage of Quito has not been identified, evaluated or protected. The Metropolitan Institute of the Patrimony of Quito has preselected 125 architectural objects, but none is included in the protected final cataog. The present investigation makes a review of the basic principles of modernity from global visions to review them directed towards a Latin American perspective from the point of view of Bolivar Echeverria and other Latin American authors in order to determine the need to define with more precision the parameters of evaluation of the properties to be patrimonized. At present, the Metropolitan Institute of Patrimony does not have the theoretical or critical tools to carry out this task, product of a deep knowledge gap in the subject of local modernity. In addition, as it is exposed in the article several of the buildings currently patrimoniadas and that belong to the stage already of the modernity in the city do not have a theoretical endorsement that guarantee their patrimonial quality. Therefore, there is evidence of the need to study the particularities of modernism in terms of local cultural expression as a premise and basis for a subsequent identification, assessment and protection of the modern heritage of the city.