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THE ATLANTIS
Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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The Atlantis is a 96-unit condominium apartment building on Biscayne Bay south of downtown Miami. This building, more than any other, called attention
to the provocative, photographic nature of Arquitectonica’s work. The Atlantis is a 20-story slab building with a 37-foot long cube cut out of the center to
create a “sky court” for building residents. The sky court has three elements: a whirlpool, a red spiral staircase, and a palm tree, all set along the waving
yellow wall.
The long slender building has just six apartments per floor and two elevator cores. At the bay end, the building curves to create a living room with a 180degree panoramic view. The apartments at the base are two-story duplexes with double-high living rooms and private courtyards.
When the Atlantis won the Progressive Architecture award in 1980, Frank Gehry praised it for its
sculptural quality and surrealistic imagery. This building also won the AIA Test of Time Award in both
the 10 year and 25 year categories.
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BUILDING TYPE
Residential
ARCHITECT
Arquitectonica
NUMBER OF DWELLINGS
96
AREA
189,983 SF / 17,650 m2
MATERIALS
Stucco, glass, & aluminum
CONSTRUCTION TYPE
RC frame
YEAR
1982
DWELLING TYPE
1, 2, & 3 bedroom flats
NUMBER OF FLOORS
21
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Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and urban planning corporation headquartered in Miami,
Florida, United States in the Coconut Grove neighborhood, with offices in ten other cities throughout the world. Arquitectonica began in 1977 as an
experimental studio founded by Peruvian architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Hope Spear, Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Hervin Romney.
Today the firm continues to be led by Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Hope Spear, and has designed such famous buildings as the Banco de Credito
Headquarters, Lima (1988), Atlantis Condominium, the Pink House, and the American Airlines Arena in Miami and the Westin Hotel and entertainment
complex in New York, amongst many others. Until 2010, Arquitectonica's global headquarters were at in Downtown Miami, until their new offices at 2900
Oak Avenue in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami were opened in 2010. Arquitectonica also has regional offices in New York City, Los
Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manila, Dubai, Sao Paulo and Lima.
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The firm is known for sophisticated surface patterning and facade articulation. Arquitectonica's structures are bold in color and graphic in form and the firm
has become famous for its signature style, a dramatic, expressive 'high tech' modernism
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Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Latitude : 25.7530 N
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Longitude : 80.1986 W
Address : 2025 Brickell Ave Miami, Florida
33129
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Brickell is a dense, high-rise residential neighborhood with many upscale, luxury
condominium and apartment towers. Referred to as the "Manhattan of the
South," Brickell is home to the largest concentration of international banks in
the United States, mostly along Brickell Avenue, Brickell's main north-south avenue
and along Miami Avenue, home to many popular Miami restaurants, shops and
places of entertainment. A few hundred feet east of the northeastern side of
Brickell is Brickell Key, a gated island of upscale, high-rise residential and hotel
towers. As of 2009, over 190,000 office employees work in greater downtown.
Today, greater downtown Miami is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in
Miami, booming from 40,000 residents in 2000 to 80,000 in 2010. Brickell is served
by the Miami Metrorail at the Brickell station and by 5 stations of the Metromover's
Brickell Loop.
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Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Surrounding Areas
The building is sited with the long axis perpendicular to the waterfront so
that one end fronts Brickell Avenue and the other, which is semicircular,
overlooks Biscayne Bay. A prismatic, mirrored, glass box eighteen floors
high sets upon a two-level landscaped podium overlooking the water.
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Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Penthouse
Balcony/ Blue Grid
Palm Court
Balcony
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Plan
Open floor plan with living/dining room and open kitchen. Bright and sunny with north
PLAN / SECTION
views to the skyline of downtown and south/east views to Biscayne Bay. Marble and solid
wood flooring throughout. Spacious master bedroom and great closet space, with views to
the water. Very large balcony for entertaining and sliding glass doors extend the length of the
apartment. Completely renovated kitchen and nicely upgraded bathrooms. Perfect for
entertaining.
The typical floor plan is organized with a narrow zone of stairs, elevators, and corridor along
the corridor along the north wall, serving a row of one bedroom flats that open to
balconies facing south. The rounded end is a zone of very large, 3 bedroom apartments that
face the water and take up the full width of the building.
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Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Bedrooms : 2 to 4 & Penthouses
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Average Square Footage : 1,304 – 1,666
Average $ / SqFt : $410.09 / SqFt
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TYPICAL ROOMS
Tommy Thompson
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The Missing Cube?
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Palm Court
The missing cube from the building has been set askew on the terrace to one
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side of the building and serves as a health club. A huge blue grid, framing
three-story high squares is attached to the south side of the building providing
sun control and creating a zone of balconies. Other attached geometric
elements include an entrance canopy supported on four red columns, several
cantilevered yellow balconies on the north facade, and the red triangular
prism on the roof that hides the HVAC equipment. Part of the house that
formerly occupied the site has been adapted as a clubhouse connecting the
upper terrace to a lower pool terrace along the waterfront. The building
entrance further develops the surrealist theme and is equipped with four
round columns; one large decorated round column, a white marble triangular
column, and a white marble fountain. As the last in the series, of Biscayne
apartments, Atlantis demonstrates the steady evolution of Arquitectonica
themes for the organization and architectural detailing of the speculative
luxury condo slab building type in a unique waterfront location.
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Tommy Thompson
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Jacuzzi
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Southeast View
Outside Staircase
The building is known for its glass facade and
primary color scheme and the 5-story palm court
which is cut out of the building. The palm court
features a red spiral staircase, a Jacuzzi, and a palm
tree. The Atlantis's claim to fame was when it was
featured on the opening credits of the television
series “Miami Vice”, where it was featured as a set.
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Canopy & Columns
The stock in trade for most residential buildings of
this market at this time, the double-loaded, glass
curtain wall slab, has been transformed both
formally and environmentally using the inventive
application of balconies, large-scaled, layered brise
soleil and other sun control devices, the use of bold
colors, and the design of terraces and roof gardens.
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Reference
Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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Web. 25 Feb. 2015. <http://eng.archinform.net/projekte/462.htm>.
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"Housing Prototypes: Atlantis." Housing Prototypes: Atlantis. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.housingprototypes.org/project?File_No=USA016>.
Introduction
http://www.opulenceinternationalrealty.com/brickell-condos/atlantis.htm
"Atlantis on Brickell." Condos. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.miamicondoinvestments.com/condo/atlantis-on-brickell/>.
"Atlantis Condo Brickell | Miami Condos Search." Miami Condos Search. Web. 27 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.kafka-franz.com/theatlantisonbrickell.htm>.
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REFERENCES
Tommy Thompson
Course: Arc 551
Date: 2/22/15
Instructor: Jose’ Lugo
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