CasaGrande is a Condo-Hotel: apartments rented within a hotel administration, for 10 years. Located at the entrance of Jose Ignacio, it is a building that will be iconic, for its implementation and for being the first building of this scale in this peninsula.

Character -The complex seeks to maintain the beachy and rustic character that defines the town of José Ignacio. The challenge was creating a building within an area that still maintains the scale of an “old fishing village” while generating a 6,000m² hotel.
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Tetris -The building is a three-level cloister with a central courtyard on the first floor. The distribution of the constructed mass was based on a three-dimensional structural grid, articulated to create exciting spatiality and attractive volumetric situations. The complete configuration of the building and each apartment and its exterior surface results in harmonious outcomes.
Circulation – The central courtyard creates a microclimate sheltered from the wind. The internal circulation of the building is exclusively external within this controlled space. From the central courtyard, one can access the units without interfering with their views through a system of labyrinthine walkways among the treetops, away from the windows to protect privacy and create an attractive and social promenade.
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Typologies – The building comprises 56 apartment units with 26 different typologies, assembled on the three...