201 housing units, restaurants, pools, surf services, wellness center, parking
location: san bartolo, peru
client: octagon group
design team: s. barclay – j.p. Crousse
project team: w. collazos, t. cigarini
built surface: 42 450 m2
completion: 2021
photographer: c. palma
publications: L’oasi come casa: cinque case colletive di Barclay&Crousse a Lima, lettera ventidue (2024)
Because of its proximity to Lima, San Bartolo sea resort is slowly being transformed into a permanent town. The OR complex is one of the first residential operations designed to respond to this demand.
It offers public services not yet offered to permanent residents, such as a public grocery store, restaurant, and services for surfers (a very popular sport in the area). It also offers specific services for condominium owners, such as swimming pools, saunas, and gymnasiums.
The project, located on a narrow, irregular site perpendicular to the sea, proposes a large garden and pedestrian access to the beach. The services are distributed along the garden, taking advantage of the natural topography to place the most playful ones on the cliff overlooking the beach and offering balcony views of the ocean. Most apartments are duplexes with two orientations, allowing cross-ventilation and lateral views over the ocean.
