FOTOGRAFÍA: Leonardo Finotti

Planificación del Territorio

Coral
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
2023

El proyecto es un reflejo de la búsqueda que ha marcado nuestra práctica sobre la arquitectura sostenible…

ALCANCE

Arquitectura
Diseño de Interiores

HOUSING UNITS

39 | 4 Typologies

ÁREA

4 ha

Coral is a residential development that offers smart, well-designed housing for local residents, built on four criteria that reinforce one another: sustainability, urban planning, landscaping, and design. Every decision, from a building’s orientation to the choice of a single plant species, follows the same overall logic these aren’t added features, but the very structure of the project.

The amenities are organized to accompany different rhythms of life within a single community. Sports and social spaces coexist with meditation areas designed for pause an intentional counterweight to daily life, not a decorative extra.

Coral proves that living well doesn’t require a luxury budget just smart design, built for those who already live here.

The landscape unfolds across different heights and surfaces: a tree canopy net suspended among the treetops offers an elevated view of the surroundings, while the lagoons bring water in as a central landscaping element, regulating the microclimate and giving the development its visual identity.

The community garden closes the loop: a space for consumption where residents themselves take part in growing what’s cultivated there, reinforcing the idea that Coral isn’t just a place to live, but a system where community and environment sustain one another.

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