Key Facts

  • 1980

    Designed

  • 1982

    Broke Ground

  • 80 ac.

    Project Size

  • Robert Davis

    Client

Program

  • 624

    Units

  • 84,178 sq.ft.

    Retail Space

  • 200

    Lodging Rooms

  • 12,000 sq.ft.

    Workplace

  • 80

    Civic Amenities

About Seaside

Seaside is an 80-acre resort community on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. The program for Seaside was originally conceived to approximate the scale and character of historic Southern towns. The Seaside plan proposes traditional American settlement patterns as an alternative to contemporary methods of real estate development. To this end, the retail center was designed as a downtown commercial district; the conference facility doubles as a town hall; and a portion of the recreation budget was dedicated to the creation of small civic amenities, including a chapel, a primary school, a fire station, and a post office, all to be shared by adjacent communities.

Project Website

http://www.seasidefl.com

Plan

CoDesign Team

  • Andrés Duany
  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
  • Xavier Iglesias
  • Braulio Casas
  • Richard Gibbs
  • Scott Merrill
  • Teofilo Victoria
  • Ty Nunn
  • Victoria Casasco
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