
GROUND LEVEL
2nd,3rd,4th and 5th LEVELS
ROOFTOP
The project includes planted balconies, an open-air breezeway, rooftop terrace and a subterranean parking garage with automated car elevators. The interior design reflects some of the original mid-century modern design that relate to the essence of Coconut Grove. The plan features the precedent study of Le Corbusier, who can be credited for prompting a variety of mid-century thinkers. His Dom-ino project proposed an open floor plan consisting of concrete slabs supported by a minimal number of thin, reinforced concrete columns around the edges, with a stairway providing access to each level on one side of the floor plan. The frame was to be completely independent of the floor plans of the houses thus giving freedom to design the interior configuration. The model eliminated load-bearing walls and the supporting beams for the ceiling.[1] Features have been borrowed from the world-renowned invention of the open floor plan layout. The design speaks to the open nature of conversation and engagement in an effort to energize the space.
The project proposal attempts to embrace innovation while looking to past and present projects and conversations surrounding office constructions in Coconut Grove. One example is Office in the Grove as it is a recognized building of the International Style set on a pedestrian friendly landscaped berm. The project was designed in 1974 by architect Kenneth Treister, who grew up in Coconut Grove and has embedded an influence of sculpture, art and storytelling into his projects. The Brutalist derivative of the office building brings qualities of worldly design into the introverted Coconut Grove city fabric. There became a time when post-WWII Miami became less focused on selling to international buyers and had a small group of local designers who tried to create an architectural aesthetic that was reactive to a specific climate- which the architectural historian Jean-Francoius Lejune calls “Tropical Brutalism”.[2]
Public, the new Private:
The explanation of how Brutalism was meant to be an expression of the notion of the public may be hard to understand today but was based on notions like patios, open air-circulation, monumental public entrances, and sheltered loggia “assertively conveying a nobility of public service in behalf of the law” as architect William Morgan wrote about his Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale (1976-79).[3] The definitions and differences between public and private space have been analyzed to incorporate a new vision for the business center of a growing Coconut Grove.
[1] Sennott, Stephen, ed. (Jan 1, 2004). Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture. Taylor & Francis. p. 366.
[2] https://archpaper.com/2017/06/miami-office-in-the-grove-tower/
[3] https://archpaper.com/2017/06/miami-office-in-the-grove-tower/
27@ Lincoln
IS DESIGNED BY LEAH ZALDUMBIDE, CELINE MAZAR, ADRIANA CONTARINO, CRISTINA GOMEZ and STEPHEN HARTLEY, LEED AP, BD+C, Copyright © 2018 WM. H. ARTHUR ARCHITECT, INC. (WHAA).
Design the city could benefit from:
“While the lack of affordable housing and the glut of luxury condos were getting all the attention, another segment of Miami’s real estate has started to heat up: The lowly, unglamorous office space.”[1] Sited adjacent to BIG’s Grove at Grand Bay, the project plans to further amplify the built environment of the East Coconut Grove area. The proposed construct mixes programs of office, parking garage and retail space to accommodate growth within the building. It sits at an important intersection of time; historic Bahamian and Georgian architecture to the West and a high-density hub catered to a healthy working class lifestyle to the East. The area offers a quick walk to local organic food stores, running and biking trails, coffee shops, nighttime bars and bayfront views- offering an assortment of breaks from the nine-to-five.
[1] https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article149374309.html
SPECIFICATIONS
3151 SW 27th Avenue (Unity Blvd)
Coconut Grove, Florida 33133
2920 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, Florida 33134
(305) 770-6100 or (305) 770-6070
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27@ Lincoln designed by WHAA Inc. 2016.
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