Mario Salvatori (1958) The Pearl – Puerto Rico
Perla – Hotel – Restaurant
La Concha Resort
Mario G. Salvadori (1907- 1997) Italy, was an engineer and professor of both engineering and architecture at Columbia University. From 1954 at 1960, Salvadori has consulted, then principal at Weidlinger Associates, an engineering firm in New York City.
The hotel opened its doors in 1958 during Tropical Modernism. The building was designed by Osvaldo Toro and Miguel Ferrer. Another part of the complex, the Shell a building for the restaurant La Perla, was designed by architect Mario Salvadori. Then he became a partner until 1991, when he became president’ honor. As engineer, Salvadori has become known for the design of thin shells in concrete as he sought to create great architecture in all its projects, including concrete construction system for the CBS Building in Manhattan, designed by Eero Saarinen, and the restaurant building shell-inspired at the La Concha, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It was also considered an authority in case of structural failure, and, as forensic engineer helped investigate many building failures due to natural disasters such as earthquakes and human errors in construction or design. La Concha Resort combines tropical climate characteristics such as cross ventilation, natural lighting, open lobbies and smooth transitions between the interior and exterior spaces, with relevant details to island traditions. These include an interior patio, visual allusions to traditional galleries with blinds, a viewpoint encompassing the sea and the city, and the use of water throughout thread. protective concrete facade Concha, known as sunscreens name in French or Spanish quiebrasol, filter the sunlight to the interior hallways, creating shadows and jagged silhouettes which fit precisely the corridor floor units.
Perla, Restaurant shaped signature Floating Shell designed by internationally renowned architect Mario Salvatori, was hailed as a marvel of engineering and architecture, and is an architectural treasure. La Concha Renaissance Resort San Juan is a luxury hotel located in Condado beachfront in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico .
La Concha Resort incorporates the features of the tropical climate such as cross ventilation, natural lighting, open lobbies and smooth transitions between the interior and exterior spaces, with relevant details to the traditions Island: an interior patio, visual allusions to traditional galleries with blinds, a viewpoint encompassing both the sea and the city and the use of water throughout thread.
In the summer 2010, the hotel opened an addition 100 millions $ called The Tower Suites which has’ an atrium-style building with one and two suites with panoramic balconies with ocean views, the kitchens, architectural lighting, and high-tech equipment. From the Casino del Mar is located at the street level of the new tower.
The hotel featured vaulted ceilings topped cabanas, a sea of white marble in its interiors and visionary mollusc Salvatori a floating restaurant in a reflecting pool that seemed to melt into the infinite ocean. When the architect José R. Marchand and designer Jorge Rosselló were put on board to save and reinvent the hotel. to Dealer, the project was, he said, "The experience of a career. "Like many Puerto Ricans, he had grown to love La Concha and was eager to see what he could do to not only preserve what was worth preserving, but also to take account of elements that changes in standards of taste and hospitality showed improvement needed.
The concrete protection element of the facade, called shading in French or "quiebrasol" in Spanish, is an architectural element used by the famous architect Le Corbusier.
The goal of "quiebrasol" is to filter the sunlight to the interior corridors. The hotel reopened in January 2008 after renovation. It is also part of Marriott Renaissance Hotels brand. Since then, it has been known to be one of the most modern and luxurious hotels in Puerto Rico. It is a popular base for many well known Hollywood celebrities. The Losers (2010) the production and the crew stayed at the hotel for almost two years , while the film was made on the island.
Originally designed by Osvaldo Toro and Miguel Ferrer, with an eccentric, but quite a nice restaurant shell-shaped Mario Salvatori, La Concha was a beautiful Massed, skillfully LOCATE, highly inventive building perfectly in tune with the times. Match near the hotel to its swept sunset, architects have created deep overhangs-shadowing, open corridors, windows and doors to lush courtyards and provided cross ventilation, and a beautiful lace quiebrasol (their take on sunscreen) for further modulation of the light and heat.
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Puerto Rico
A painted shack with a Puerto Rican flag located in the St. Lucia Silva (Lucia Silva Street) La Perla, historic community near the north wall of the fort. The area faces the Atlantic coast and is located east of the famous Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzi cemetery near El Morro fort. (Robert K. Hamilton / Baltimore Sun)
The Puerto Rican town of La Perla uses skateboard to fight social stigma
Although La Perla is historically known as a poor community in San Juan, there are a group of skaters who fight against the social stigma of the city. One of those activists is Chemi Rosado Seijo,, who runs a humanitarian movement to give the city of La Perla a glimmer of hope through the power of art and skateboarding. In partnership with the surfer and skater Roberto 'Boly' Cortez, Both have discovered an abandoned swimming pool that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. Chemi and Roberto have renovated the old swimming pool into a fully skatable bowl, which opened in 2006.
Chemi and Roberto have renovated the old swimming pool into a fully skatable bowl, which opened in 2006.
Long known as a poor community, Chemi Rosado-Seijo skate helps the development of art and skateboarding in the city. The capitale of Puerto Rico, San Juan, houses long the most beautiful beaches and resorts in the Caribbean. Consequently, the city attracts tourists from all over the globe. However, just past the cobbled streets and five star hotels is a small piece of land called La Perla, located just outside the city walls. La Perla housed unwanted formerly San Juan : the slaves, the homeless, a cemetery and a slaughterhouse. This area is in sharp contrast to the life that is within the city limits.
