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  • Artists and Featured Artwork:Playa Vik will feature extensive art from the owners collection of leading international and Uruguayan artists. Art and design are central to the interior spaces and will be featured throughout.
    The Playa will boast works from James Turrell, Zaha Hadid, Anselm Kiefer and Pablo Atchugarry, among many others.

  • Environmental measures: The project has been designed to maximize the use of nature to heat, cool, ventilate and irrigate. The design has focused on minimizing the need for energy use. The owners are working to reduce energy use at Playa Vik through the extensive use of innovative solar technologies, intelligent energy efficiency systems, as well as collecting and recycling water. All heating is done by radiant heat generated by solar tubes. Fireplaces will also provide additional heat and ambiance when needed. Fresh organic vegetables, eggs, meats and fish will be provided from Estancia Vik.

  • Services & Amenities: Guests of Playa Vik will enjoy a cantilevered pool extending out from the property's Patagonian ebony terrace and overlooking the beach below. Seventy-five feet long, the Uruguayan Black Absolute Nero granite pool also features a celestial map of the southern hemisphere created by small optic light points set within the pool floor. In addition to the spectacular pool and terrace area, guests are invited to enjoy the spa and the natural wonders of Jose Ignacio's beaches and vibrant life. Guests of Playa Vik are also welcome to visit Estancia Vik, which is accessible by horseback, bicycle, or motorized vehicles. Designed by Uruguayan architect Marcelo Daglio, Estancia Vik offers guests a 3 rustic romantic art filled retreat complete with a game room, pool and spa, private polo grounds with horses, a wine cellar and a traditional Uruguayan barbeque and 1500 hectares or 4,000 acres of stunning nature.
  • Accessibility: Playa Vik is accessible via the Punta del Este airport, which is serviceable by daily flights from airports in Argentina and Brazil. Punta del Este is an international airport that accommodates private jets 24 hours a day. Jose Ignacio is a thirty-minute drive along the coast. Alternatively, guests may fly to the capital city of Montevideo one and a half hours away. Playa Vik is located 8 km or 5.6 miles from Estancia Vik.

The avant-garde beachfront retreat features a central "sculpture" building which is the heart of the compound boasting an important collection of international and contemporary Uruguayan art throughout. The building's fifty-five foot inclined façade features a vast sliding wall of glass allowing guests to enjoy the majestic views of Jose Ignacio's vibrant coastline.
The entrance to the sculpture building is a two story curved and inclined glass façade with a monumental sculpted bronze door created by internationally celebrated Uruguayan artist Pablo Atchugarry as a modern interpretation of Ghiberti's legendary doors at Florence's Baptistery. The lateral walls and roof of the building are made of double curved titanium panels and rich Patagonian ebony floors are found throughout the expansive indoor and outdoor spaces, blurring the line between interior and exterior as they extend from the living room to the pool terrace. The sculpture includes expansive communal living and dining spaces, a library, three bedroom suites and an Italian designed kitchen by Strato Cucine.


Playa Vik's main house is flanked by six small houses or casas, three of which house three bedrooms, a living room and private gardens or terraces for all of the suites. Two consist of two bedrooms, living room, and two private gardens. One consists of two bedrooms each with a private garden. Each casa has a distinctly unique design and art filled interiors. These casas once again blend the interior and exterior as fully retractable windows lead out to these unique private gardens. Dividing the casitas are 2 large bouganillas that reach for the living roof of very colorful rayitos del sol which cover and sweep across the undulating earth roofscapes of the casa pavilion, creating a striking panorama of natural color.


The area under the casas has been carved out to create additional space which holds the 40-foot long wine cellar, a playroom, gym and small spa featuring two treatment rooms. The space also includes an indoor dining room featuring large glass windows overlooking Playa Mansa and the outdoor barbeque. The outdoor terrace is situated just next to the beach; the epitome of Uruguayan casual dining, the barbeque area can accommodate two to sixty guests.

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