Zaha Hadid Architects is developing the design proposal for a new residential building on Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.

The natural, fluid forms of Rio’s morros and beaches generate a wonderful elastic, malleable quality within city’s urban fabric, while the dynamism of Copacabana, with its rhythms and energy, is one of the city’s most important meeting places.

night view,image courtesy of zaha hadid architects

Casa Atlantica’s design advances the liberating formal composition and fluid spatial flow of Brazil’s rich modernist traditions, while engaging with the unique tempo and vitality of Copacabana’s urban beach culture and the fluidity of its renowned Burle Marx promenade.

Working within the existing site restrictions governing the height and distance from adjacent buildings, Casa Atlantica’s design establishes a fluid order defined by its structure which morphs and expands at each level to create the balconies while also dividing each floor into separate residential units.

lobby interior,image courtesy of zaha hadid architects

Facing southeast to Copacabana Beach, the design branches towards its adjacent buildings; establishing a continuity with the existing the urban fabric of Avenida Atlântica. 

day view,image courtesy of zaha hadid architects

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