At the intersection of Santa Fe and Dorrego avenues, Be Plaza is the epitome of the project conditioned by location, functionality and terrain. On a triangular lot and in a high-traffic area of Buenos Aires, the architects proposed a building with amenities and units suitable for homes and professional studios.
The objective of ABV, a company that also has a long history in real estate developmentswas to find coherence in the face of the formal challenge of generating a piece that completed the urban fabric while respecting the height of the boundaries.
In urban planning terms, a geometry was initially presented that partially completed the environment and, faced with a code change, a piece was later added which led to the resulting final volumetry.
Following the program, the building has a ground floor, 14 floors and three basement floors, with a single vertical circulation core. On the ground floor there is access and commercial premises and from the 1st to 14th floor functional units are projected, common spaces and uses. Garages and common services are located in the three basements.
Be Plaza closes its façade on Santa Fe. To generate different interior and exterior spatial conditions, architects explored the potential that triangular geometry of the land can be given to a residential building.
In Be Plaza, the angle of the volume gives character to the corner. The analysis was premised on incorporating different routes, situations and details typical of the architecture of single-family houses in the common living spaces of a large building. The composition of the spaces and the proportions generated between full and empty spaces completed the architectural discourse.
Urban situations
The envelopes of the two main facades took into account urban situations raised on both avenues.
The balconies emphasize the lines of the façade and give it dynamism. Thus, towards Dorrego Avenue projecting balconies were projected and a linear organization of the typologies in that direction with visuals of the green and the outline of a more open city.
However, towards Santa Fe, appears a denser façade, generated by the transformation of the containing piece, which becomes more solid based on the design of the envelope weave. In this way, units exposed to high traffic are protected from that edge situation with more intimate and less exposed spaces.
The semi-covered terrace, one of the attractions of Be Plaza. It is entered by pedestrian through a hall located on Santa Fe, also linked to the vehicle ramp. unifying income on the perimeter of the ground floor. The rest is reserved for the development of commercial premises that are integrated into the urban environment of the neighborhood.
The ground floor detaches itself from the geometry, cutting into a plinth with a separation “bellows” on the first floor. Then the body of the building that contains the units is resolved, where a ribbon is developed that transforms and rises on the short sides of the volume, as a screen, taking on another density to resolve the floor plan and its connection with the environment.
The attractive amenities of Be Plaza
The common spaces take advantage of the views. In the finale, the interior and exterior spaces are resolved with a permeable integration, with carpentry systems that blur the limits. In this way, wide views are achieved and the privilege of height is exploited over an environment that is rearranged with the diagonal generated by the urban plot.
The Be Plaza coworking, with natural light. On the first floor of amenities, covered sectors are developed with spaces with sharp and directed edges, softened with the incorporation of some curves, which define and characterize the spatiality of these premises intended for common enjoyment. At this level, a concrete pergola is deployed on the exterior that reinforces the speed and strength of the diagonal protagonist of the volume.
In Be Plaza, a large swimming pool with panoramic views. To the amenities of the auction is added a second terrace, which is accessed through an open patio with an external staircase, which directs circulation to a green roof with a swimming pool with 360° panoramic views. In this way, the rooftop space is cut into different levels and incorporates the urban landscape as a setting.
Datasheet
Location. Santa Fe 5371 Esq. Dorrego, CABA Land surface. 1031 m2 Builded surface. 17.185m2 Authors and associates. ABV Arquitectos Project and direction. ABV Architects Adviser. Ing. Stescovich (Structure) Photographs. Alejandro Wirth (exteriores) / Pompi Gutnisky (amenities)