016_Penthouse for an Art Collector





Project:
Floating Gardens House

Architecture:
TROPICA
Interior Design: TROPICA
GC: iBUILD

Status: In Construction
Design:
2024
Build: 2025 - 

Location: Miami, FL

TEXT: This project is a complete gut-renovation of a penthouse in Miami. All drywall is being removed to reveal and air-out the imperfect, dirty, and raw concrete structural grid. A refined palette of stone and steel will
complement the unfinished concrete within the space for hosting guests and displaying large artworks.

Furniture and display stands will be constructed from the same stone as the floor to create a continuous “landscape” within the large, open room.
To create this large, open room, all dirty program is relegated to the “back” side of the penthouse. Bathrooms,
storage, and closets are all clustered away from the extensive panorama of Biscayne Bay and the
Miami skyline.

Images:


016 Vanity








Process:

017 Demolition Progress
017 Scaffolding Progress


Drawings:

017_Plan


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