Villa Miami
A 56-story waterfront residential tower rising in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood, Villa Miami encompasses approximately 364,000 SF and 70 half- and full-floor residences.
DeSimone engineered a dramatic copper-clad exoskeleton—the central element of the building’s structural system, and the defining feature of the building—to carry both gravity and lateral loads while enabling column-free interiors. Its sloping members walk, merge, and split as they rise, generating complex load paths and requiring custom transitions at multiple slab levels.
| Client | One Thousand Group, Terra Group, 710 EDGE Property LLC |
|---|---|
| Architect: | ODP Architecture & Design |
| Size | 56 Stories | 364,000 SF (33,817 SM) | 70 Units |
| Sustainability | Targeting LEED Certification |
| Office: | Miami |
| Completion: | 2027 |
To capture each slope and intersection, we developed detailed lateral models, enabling the design of highly tailored transfer zones and efficient structural performance.
The tower’s mat foundation involves more than 3,400 cubic yards of concrete and over 2,000 tons of reinforcing steel, engineered for load capacity and long-term resilience. Performance-based studies and optimization of the shear wall system reduced steel demand for wind loads while maintaining structural drift criteria.
We are also coordinating closely with the construction team to integrate the curtain wall and stacked amenities, demonstrating how rigorous engineering and construction sequencing can support expressive architecture, maximize unobstructed interiors, and deliver high-performance waterfront residential design.
