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What's with the twins at Puerto Madero?

where: Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The developing neighborhood in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires's most previliged and expensive area, has a peculiar characteristic: many projects are conceived as twin tower complexs. I haven't studied the reasons that explain this particular repetition, but I'm sure the clue to this must have to do with building code's: height restrictions (airport nearby), elevated FOT (total occupation factor) and low FOS (land occupation factor) per square feet of land.
This means: build a lot of square feet in a small portion of land and up to determined height. This helps reducing horizontal mass area and therefore, avoids the generation of dense barriers, that alter views and create big shadowed areas.

This is how Puerto Madero, the "twin tower neighborhood", looks like:

Let's look closer...

Still under construction, and the one's I like most, Madero Harbour. by Pfeifer-Zurdo arquitectos.

The slit-like corners turn a glassy bulk tower into a lightweight building.

The highest (171.8 m), Torres Renoir, by Robirosa, Beccar Varela, Passinato

Great terraces and last generation technology with the "domotization" of services and electronics at Torres Mulieris, by Justo Solsona of M/SG/S/S/S.

The first built in Puerto Madero: Torres River View by Camps & Tiscornia

The triplets: Torres Le Parc Puerto Madero, by Estudio Aisenson

The "linked" towers: El Faro, by Dujovne, Hirsch & Asociados

The ones with the gap: Torres del Yacht by Fernandez Prieto y Asoc and M/SG/S/S/S

Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Museum of Image and Sound

map: Av. Atlântica, 3432, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

: : : ::: THE FACT

the building takes inspiration from the neighbourhood’s stylized sidewalks designed by Roberto Burle Marx.
The “Vertical Boulevard” gently traverses indoor and outdoor spaces.

: : : ::: THE QUOTE

. “I always wanted to see another function”

Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro in announcing that the museum will occupy the site of a former infamous nightclub that became an area of prostitution and drug trafficking.

: : : ::: THE LINKS

Mc Cormack & asociados. Recycling Los Molinos Building

map: Av. Juana Manso y Azucena Villaflor, Dique 3, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Picture taken by PD showing Paul Siquier's mural. January 2010

Listen to Developer Alan Faena and artist Pablo Siquier

Views on Puerto Madero

:::THE FACT

- Designed as a center of art, culture, creativity, technology and life, the building will house, in what was the old engine room of the building, the Laboratory of Artistic Experimentation, "The Cathedral", which will be reserved for cultural activities.
- The project includes a pedestrian space linking Juana Manso Avenue and Aime Paine, under the glass bridge mills that link both buildings, decorated with a large mural of Paul Siquier.

:::THE QUOTE

"My purpose is to contribute to this global trend that believes in the creative transformation of cities as the necessary environment for the evolution of societies. The Art District which we conceive is in that direction (...). The future of modern society depends on the creative transformation of cities. What we build will remain in time and be part of the landscape of the new generations "" This work is to inherit. It is part of the heritage of our city. The basic idea was to recover the port design, manufacturing and service of Argentina in the early twentieth century and refunds according to a new urban model that will conceive the next generation. This was not intended as a ghetto but as an open space that encourages communication with the surroundings of Puerto Madero and the city. That is the value added ". Developer Alan Faena

:::THE CRITIC

the encounter between the existing and the new is proposed for a flexible and compact at a time. The aesthetics are integrated into a new form, simple, expressed in straight lines.
read more by Daniel Moya at Clarin news

read article by Mariana Fiorito for arq+his

:::THE COMMENT

Definetely Buenos Aires needs these type of buildings that incorporate public spaces into their own private one, giving the city the urban quality it needs.

:::THE LINKS

info at revistaarquitectura.com
info at "Noticias" magazine

César Pelli. Repsol YPF tower

map : Macacha Guemes y Juana Manso, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

High level view. The River "de la Plata" in the background

The tower under construction, pointing out in the Buenos Aires skyline, from Costanera sur ecological reserve

The tower is the highest building in the picture, right in the middle, seen from Costanera sur ecological reserve, an oasis in touch with the city limits