Date: 1990 (project), 2003 (end)
Location: Rambla Mahatma Gandhi 111. Montevideo, Uruguay
Authors: Michael Amato, architect. 1994-2003 Works Director: Jorge Moran, architect
Program: Apartment Building
Client: PRIMETAL SA
Land area: 455 m2
Constructed Area: 3700 m2
Advisors: Mr. Bertiz (structure)
Contruction Company: Work by admin
Other highlights: Front panels made with imported Aipolic USA, mounted on aluminum profiles and curtain wall thermo national panels: Glass Bia SA (supply and installation)
In a small triangular block on the coast, the work occupies an area flanked by dividing two-pronged: first extends the low-rise section comes from the neighborhood, the other is imposed elevated block installed in the encounter with the promenade. The new building is linked to the volume of the bow and offers traditional weaving the backdrop of its front side, which runs the site from side to side. This visual impact is reinforced by the news that involves the use of lightweight cladding: the volume is determined by a skin of aluminum and glass on which is installed Variable subtle dialogue between opacity and transparency.
The main access is resolved on the boardwalk. Thereafter, and on an area intended for parking, the residential program takes place at the rate of one unit per floor, with a distribution in the nuclei private (bedroom / bathroom) are scattered around the area of relationship . About Zorrilla de San Martin, the building has a short front that simulates a cut glass in the mass of the block context
Source: Journal Elarqa
