Torre Macauda Resort Masterplan
A resort architecture precedent by Heta Architects demonstrating stacked horizontal balconies, deep shading overhangs, and a seamless transition from timber pool deck to hotel rooms.
- What we like about this project
- Deep roof overhangs integrate recessed downlighting that highlights the rhythm of the upper floor balconies.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- timber-decking
- thatch
Visual identifiers
- tiered-balconies
- pool-deck
- straw-umbrellas
- sunset-lighting
Style tags
- contemporary
- tropical-modern
- hospitality
Visual tags
- hospitality
- resort
- hotel-facade
- poolside
- coastal
- Geometry
- Linear multi-story hotel block with stacked horizontal balconies and deep overhangs framing a central pool deck.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall finish with glazed sliding doors, recessed balconies, and frameless glass balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale resort architecture; four-story guest wing opening directly onto a pool terrace.
- Lighting
- Warm sunset light with glowing interior illumination reflecting off the pool and glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Luxurious, warm, and serene evening resort ambiance.
- Environmental context
- Coastal resort setting under a dramatic cloudscape at dusk.
- Spatial experience
- A resort-scale public pool deck steps up to an expansive, open-air lodging facade with shaded terraces.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced horizontal registers of slab edges, glass railings, and window openings repeating across the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical resort architecture
- Program
- Hotel and resort masterplan
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, timber-decking, thatch
- Visual identifiers
- tiered-balconies, pool-deck, straw-umbrellas, sunset-lighting
- Style tags
- contemporary, tropical-modern, hospitality
- Visual tags
- hospitality, resort, hotel-facade, poolside, coastal
- Geometry
- Linear multi-story hotel block with stacked horizontal balconies and deep overhangs framing a central pool deck.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall finish with glazed sliding doors, recessed balconies, and frameless glass balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale resort architecture; four-story guest wing opening directly onto a pool terrace.
- Lighting
- Warm sunset light with glowing interior illumination reflecting off the pool and glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Luxurious, warm, and serene evening resort ambiance.
- Environmental context
- Coastal resort setting under a dramatic cloudscape at dusk.
- Spatial experience
- A resort-scale public pool deck steps up to an expansive, open-air lodging facade with shaded terraces.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced horizontal registers of slab edges, glass railings, and window openings repeating across the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical resort architecture
- Program
- Hotel and resort masterplan
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture