Iron Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2022
Atma Apartment Building
- A' Design Award 2022 Iron Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Itapema Empreendimentos
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 17,667
- Verification code C159E7BC9D · Verify this award
About Atma Apartment Building
Atma is an apartment building designed for a coastal site in Itapema, Brazil. The building rises 19 floors to a height of 65 meters and contains 39 seasonal apartments within 6,919.19 square meters of built area. The structure is made of reinforced concrete, while the facade combines parametric panels with high technology frames and finishes. A triangular plan creates a prismatic volume that appears to change when seen from different angles. Flexible unit layouts allow each resident to adapt the interior space to personal needs.
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- Unique Properties
- On the iconic facade, parametric modulation brings the design in constant motion. This parametric facade reflects the design concept aimed at the new generation. This was the conceptual beginning for the development of the project. The result is an ever changing building where people will always see a different design, thus creating a landmark for the city and for pedestrians, a new icon.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Atma is a project for the construction of apartments for the season, totaling 39 units, 19 floors, 65 meters high and 6.919,19 m2 of built area.
- Tags
- Monolithic, Parametric, Innovation, Concrete structure, Sculpture, Icon, Urban Reference
- Production Technology
- Basically, Atma is based on the use of reinforced concrete throughout its structure, in contrast to the high technology of the parametric panels on the facade. We bring in this project the high technology of the frames and facade finishes as elements of formal appeal.
- Design Challenge
- The research has always been based on contemporary design, where the user is part of the process, even after the construction of the building. We seek in the conceptual bases of the participative design, the premises for the creation of this project, allied in the technological bases and the thought of the relationship of this project with the future.
- Project Duration
- The project started in january 2021 in Itajai and was completed in December 2021 in Itajai, and construction began in January 2022 in the city of Itapema SC, Brazil, with the schedule for completion of the work for November 2024.
- Operation Flow
- Atma allows the user to have apartments in a young and modern condominium, close to the sea, with the characteristics of intelligent units plants that allow changes, according to the needs of each resident.
- Research
- The design research focuses on the use of parameterization technology on the facades, with the aim of transforming the relationship of a residential building into a visual landmark on the beach that will be built. Data collection was carried out through the search for images of similar projects and monolithic design, presenting as a real result in business and society, the direct relationship of users and pedestrians, in and around them, as an icon.
- Inspiration
- This project was inspired by the parametric composition of panels that make up the facades, in a prismatic project, with a triangular shaped plant, in a complex shape for a residential building.