Location: Miami, FL

Type: Luxury Residences

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Units: 83

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Stories: 62

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Delivered: 2019

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One Thousand Museum, a striking 62-story residential tower in Miami, stands as a testament to the late Zaha Hadid’s visionary approach to architecture and her signature curvilinear style. The building’s most defining feature is its fluid, white exoskeleton made of glass-fiber reinforced concrete, which wraps around the glass façade like a futuristic organic lattice. This structural exoskeleton is not merely decorative; it serves as the primary support system for the tower, allowing the interior floor plates to remain largely column-free. The design creates a visual impression of a continuous, liquid frame that thickens and thins as necessary to withstand high-wind loads, seamlessly blending structural engineering with high-concept art to redefine the Miami skyline.

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Located at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard overlooking Museum Park and Biscayne Bay, the project offers ultra-luxury living with a "six-star" amenity set that distinguishes it from neighboring high-rises. Because the structural support is pushed to the exterior, the residences benefit from expansive, unobstructed layouts with flow-through floor plans and deep terraces. The tower is crowned by a double-height aquatic center and sky lounge, featuring an indoor infinity-edge pool with a faceted metal ceiling that reflects the water. Notably, it was the first residential building in Miami to feature a private rooftop helipad, cementing its status as one of the most exclusive and technically complex developments in the city.

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Role: As Estimator via HJ Foundation, a Keller company, Santiago played a pivotal role in the ground-breaking foundational phase of One Thousand Museum. He was directly involved in the planning and execution of the tower’s deep foundation system, which required the installation of the deepest augercast piles in the world at that time. Reaching unprecedented depths to anchor the massive 62-story structure, this engineering feat was critical to supporting the building's heavy glass-fiber reinforced concrete exoskeleton. Santiago's work on this project highlighted his ability to navigate complex geotechnical challenges, ensuring the structural integrity required to bring Zaha Hadid’s vertically fluid vision to reality.