The Town Plan for Punta del Este, 1935: a model resort city

There are a few relatively known examples that show how modern town planning in South America developed. One of the few examples is Carlos Gómez Gavazzo’s Punta del Este Town Plan that was developed between 1934 and 1935 on his return to Uruguay after having worked with Le Corbusier. The town plan was presented to the National Tourist Board as a resort city for the east coast. The concept that was applied to Punta del Este’s resort can be interpreted as a defence of modern town planning that adapted its spatial design to topographical, geographical, and climatic considerations, and transformed the urban structure as well as the peninsula’s profile.