Casapueblo Uruguay
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Casapueblo
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 Location within Uruguay
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| General information | |
| Location | Maldonado, Punta Ballena (Whale Point) |
| Coordinates | 34°54′11″S 55°2′32″W / 34.90306°S 55.04222°W |
| Opening | 1960 |
| Owner | Carlos Páez Vilaró |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Carlos Páez Vilaró |
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| Number of rooms | 12 |
| Number of suites | 56 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
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'Casapueblo' is a building constructed by the Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró. It is located in Punta Ballena, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Punta del Este, Uruguay. It was originally a summer house and workshop of the artist. It now houses a museum, an art gallery, a cafeteria and a hotel. It was the permanent residence of its creator, where he worked and spent his last days there.
It was built around a wooden house made with planks found on the coast, called La Pionera (The Pioneer), by Carlos Páez Vilaró who designed it with a style that can be compared with the houses of the Mediterranean coast of Santorini, but the artist used to refer to Hornero's nest, a typical bird of Uruguay, to discuss the type of construction. which took 36 years to complete. Inside is a museum, the artist's studio, an art gallery and a hotel.
It has thirteen floors with terraces that allow to see the sunset on the waters of the Atlantic ocean. The construction has a staggered shape that allows a better view towards the ocean.
It pays tribute to his son Charles, Michael and one of the seventeen Uruguayan survivors of the crash of Uruguayan 571 Air Force Flight, which crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972.
He has received some of the most important personalities in the cultural and political ambit, such as writer Isabel Allende, the ambassador Mercedes Vicente, the sexologist Mariela Castro, the artist Vinicius de Moraes, among others.
The complex was built in a handicraft's way and without previous plans, in the form of a labyrinth, has no straight lines inside and predominates white. It was expanded and modified from year to year as a residence of "unpredictable forms".
The building is built of whitewashed cement and stucco.
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