Edificio Limatambo

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Limatambo Building
Edificio Seoane, Edificio Coca-Cola
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The building in 2007
Edificio Limatambo
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Architectural style Modern
Location San Isidro District

The Limatambo Building (Spanish : Edificio Limatambo), also known as the Seoane Building (Spanish : Edificio Seoane), was a building in San Isidro District, Lima. The building was known for its billboards, most of which promoted the Coca-Cola Company. [1]

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It was demolished in 2013 to make way for the planned Rímac Tower (Spanish : Torre Rímac) on its former site. [2] The building was promoted as the country's first skyscraper, but was never built. [3]

History

The building was built in the 1950s, was built between 1953 and 1954 at the intersection of Javier Prado and Paseo de la República avenues, near what was then the Limatambo International Airport. The project was signed by the Peruvian architect Enrique Seoane Ros, commissioned by the Brescia family. [4] One of its first billboards promoted Panagra, which operated in the aforementioned airport. [5]

The most well-known billboards of the building were those of the Coca-Cola Company, which illuminated the building at nighttime, and led to it also being nicknamed the "Coca-Cola Building" by locals. [1] [6]

Demolition

The building's demolition was announced in 2012, as the planned 55-floor Rímac Tower was to occupy the area instead, becoming the country's tallest building at a 208-meter height. [1] [7] [8] [9] The announcement was met with opposition from the general public, with construction professionals and journalists appealing to the Ministry of Culture to stop the building's demolition, some of which compared the situation to that of the Casa Marsano. [10] [11]

Despite the controversy, the building was ultimately demolished on the latter half of 2013. [6] [10] Construction on the new Rímac Tower was meant to start in 2016 and end before 2020. [7] [9] [12] Despite its announcement, was never built. [2] [13]

Overview

The building was a united set of three blocks with different heights. The block facing Javier Prado Avenue had nine floors and two apartments per floor, while the rear one had seven levels and one apartment per floor. The top two floors of the tallest block contained duplex-type apartments. [4]

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  2. 1 2 Paredes Laos, Jorge (2017-06-22). "Urbanismo de vanguardia: construir la modernidad". El Comercio .
  3. ↑ "Los cinco rascacielos más altos que se construirán en Lima". Gestión . 2016-08-06.
  4. 1 2 Acevedo, Alejandra; Llona, Michelle (2018). Catálogo Arquitectura Movimiento Moderno Perú (in Spanish). Lima: Universidad de Lima. ISBN   978-9972-45-415-8.
  5. ↑ Pino, David (2013-07-07). "El Edificio Limatambo y sus letreros". Lima La Única.
  6. 1 2 "Torre Limatambo: Demolición piso por piso sin explosivos". Construcción y Vivienda. 2015-11-06.
  7. 1 2 Arias, Nicolás (2014-09-13). "Latinoamérica tendrá siete nuevos rascacielos antes de 2020". La República.
  8. ↑ "Próxima demolición del Edificio Limatambo (Coca-Cola)". La Mula. 2012-02-16.
  9. 1 2 "Del futuro: Estos son los edificios más modernos de Lima". El Comercio . 2014-07-29.
  10. 1 2 Bustamante Pacheco, María Alejandra; Ureta Córdova, Juan Marco; Hung Arrunátegui, Pamela Carolina; Scudere Cárdenas, Ana Belén; Florián Holguín, Cynthia Estefanía (2017). Edificio Limtambo. Sin Lugar Para Ls Memoria (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Universidad de Lima. pp. 179–183.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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  12. ↑ "Símbolos de crecimiento: los nuevos rascacielos latinoamericanos". Structuralia. 2015-02-03.
  13. ↑ "Resumen De Proyectos". GCAQ. Diseño estructural Torre Rímac (no se terminó, quedó en anteproyecto)

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