- Address: Maldonado, Punta Ballena
- Phone: +598 4257 8611
- Website: clubhotelcasapueblo.com
Casapuable - this is an incredible beauty building, built in 1960 by Uruguayan Carlos Paes Vilaro. Initially, this house was designed for a summer vacation . Performed the function of not only the workshop, but was also the residence of the artist-abstractionist Vilaro. Here he worked most of the time and spent the last days of his life (died in 2014).
General Information on Casapuablo, Uruguay
Casapuiblu is on Punta Ballena, a small peninsula and resort that borders Chihuahua in the west and the beach of Playa Las Grutas in the east. At 13 km from the artist's house is located the southern Uruguayan city of Punta del Este . Casapuiblo is built of wood. The style of the dwelling is somewhat reminiscent of the appearance of houses on the Mediterranean coast of Santorini. Today it looks like a white castle hanging over a rock. The artist built it by his own efforts, and he built it for 36 years.
Together with the terraces, sitting on which you can admire the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean, the construction of a stepped form consists of 13 floors. Inside, there are absolutely no straight lines. The bizarre style combines elements of many architectural schools.
Casapuablo House today
Even during the life of Vilaro, a hotel and a museum were opened on the territory of Casapuibla. The latter is in the central part of the building, decorated with a domed roof. There you can see the workshop of Carlos Vilaro, who was not only an artist, but also a sculptor, potter, writer, composer and architect. The museum stores part of his work. Every day a few minutes before sunset on the terrace of the museum people gather to watch the sunset and listen to the poem of Vilaro dedicated to the sun.
The hotel has 20 rooms, among them 3 suites. Each of them has a unique name. The hotel has a swimming pool, sauna, bar, restaurant. The "hot" season is the period from December to February (Uruguay summer). At this time, hotel rooms should be booked in advance.
How to get there?
From Montevideo you can get here by car for 1 hour 45 min. (through IB).