Cipriani Resort Residences & Casino Punta del Este
An exterior facade precedent for high-rise residential towers, showcasing a strong structural grid of vertical concrete piers combined with warm terracotta-toned spandrels and carved mid-level sky courts.
- What we like about this project
- A dramatic double-height open void cuts entirely through the exterior structural grid, creating an aerial courtyard.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- terracotta-metal
- aluminum
Visual identifiers
- vertical-concrete-piers
- terracotta-spandrels
- sky-court-void
- grid-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- monumental
- rationalist
Visual tags
- high-rise
- coastal
- grid-system
- terracotta
- monumental
- balcony-recess
- Geometry
- A tall tower elevation featuring a grid of prominent vertical concrete piers alternating with recessed window bays and horizontal terracotta-toned louvered spandrel bands. A multi-story open sky-court or void cuts through the structural column grid mid-rise.
- Facade system
- Precast or cast-in-place concrete structural frame with recessed aluminum window walls and operable metal louvers.
- Structural guess
- Concrete column and slab structural frame acting as exterior facade elements.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise tower scale; individual window bays spanning standard multi-level residential floor heights.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight with clear blue sky casting sharp shadows within the deep window reveals and louvered spandrels.
- Atmosphere
- Breezy, bright coastal atmosphere highlighting crisp shadow lines and solid tectonic rhythm.
- Environmental context
- Coastal resort context with a sandy beach and ocean visible on the left and dense urban high-rises amidst greenery on the right.
- Spatial experience
- The deep reveals and rhythm of vertical piers establish a strong monumental scale from a distance, while the open terrace creates a dramatic transitional outdoor volume carved out of the tower mass.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical piers establishing a dominant rhythm, intersected by horizontal louvered spandrel panels at each floor level.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental coastal high-rise
- Program
- Residential resort tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, terracotta-metal, aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-concrete-piers, terracotta-spandrels, sky-court-void, grid-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, monumental, rationalist
- Visual tags
- high-rise, coastal, grid-system, terracotta, monumental, balcony-recess
- Geometry
- A tall tower elevation featuring a grid of prominent vertical concrete piers alternating with recessed window bays and horizontal terracotta-toned louvered spandrel bands. A multi-story open sky-court or void cuts through the structural column grid mid-rise.
- Facade system
- Precast or cast-in-place concrete structural frame with recessed aluminum window walls and operable metal louvers.
- Structural guess
- Concrete column and slab structural frame acting as exterior facade elements.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise tower scale; individual window bays spanning standard multi-level residential floor heights.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight with clear blue sky casting sharp shadows within the deep window reveals and louvered spandrels.
- Atmosphere
- Breezy, bright coastal atmosphere highlighting crisp shadow lines and solid tectonic rhythm.
- Environmental context
- Coastal resort context with a sandy beach and ocean visible on the left and dense urban high-rises amidst greenery on the right.
- Spatial experience
- The deep reveals and rhythm of vertical piers establish a strong monumental scale from a distance, while the open terrace creates a dramatic transitional outdoor volume carved out of the tower mass.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical piers establishing a dominant rhythm, intersected by horizontal louvered spandrel panels at each floor level.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental coastal high-rise
- Program
- Residential resort tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture