Jean Nouvel designs lush Acquarela community for Ecuador

French architect Jean Nouvel has designed a sprawling, stone-clad residential development for the outskirts of Quito that echoes its mountainous surroundings.Ateliers Jean Nouvel has created Acquarela for Cumbayá, a rural area east of the Ecuadorian capital, in collaboration with local architectural developer Uribe & Schwarzkopf.The project will comprise nine residential blocks wrapped by curved balconies covered in stone. Greenery will be planted in rocky gardens inside these –