Al Borde (2007), architecture studio based in Quito, Ecuador. Led by David Barragán, Pascual Gangotena, Maríaluisa Borja, and Esteban Benavides, all graduates of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. The studio's work has been widely recognized with prestigious awards such as the Bancastato Swiss Architecture Award 2024, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2013, and the Schelling Architecture Prize 2012. Al Borde's work has been exhibited in events like the Venice Biennale (2025 and 2016), the Sharjah Architecture Triennial in the United Arab Emirates (2023), Building Optimism at the Carnegie Museum of Art (2016), Chicago Architecture Biennial (2015), Réenchanter Le Monde at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in France (2014), among others. The studio members are active in academia, teaching design studios in graduate and undergraduate programs, leading workshops and lectures at universities worldwide, including Columbia University (USA), ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Tongji University (China), and UNAM (Mexico)