“TO REHABILITATE AND TO RECREATE THE VITAL CIRCLE OF A BUILDING”
Located in the region of “Jardins” in São Paulo city, the retrofit of Bravo Paulista has challenged us to transform, restore value, and add new infrastructure to an existing office building.
The building site is perpendicular to Alameda Santos, and connected to the Scarpa Building on Paulista Avenue. The ground floor of those two buildings hosts commercial spaces, which can be accessed through a pedestrian's public path.
The project transformed the whole building: a new casing system on its base gave a new meaning to its urban presence; new interior and exterior materials, solar protection, and a whole reformulation of its technical infrastructures allowed the spaces to respond to the present needs and create new work relationships.
NEW “SHELLS”
To ensure that the building would respond to the new occupation needs and to increase its internal comfort, we adopted passive and bioclimatic strategies. Those are present in the abundant use of natural lighting and ventilation as well as in the creation of a new facade cladding, with metallic protection louvers. They highlight the building, adding new “shells” to provide solar protection and climatic control.
On the building´s base, the windows are protected by a “bioclimatic shell": a metal structure, fixed on the facades of the original building, coated with random perforated aluminum panels. They protect the interiors from the sun, without blocking the visual perspectives of the workspaces, as well as they highlight the facades. When night lights are on they create a sort of “lacy” of strong architectural expression that emphasizes the building within its surroundings.
The body of the tower receives, in its front and back facades, environmental protection louvers made of horizontal aluminum profiles, fixed on metallic structures detached from the facades. Visually they unify the building.
The new and amplified windows have glasses with high-level thermic achievement and low solar reflection. They expand openings and promote natural cross ventilation to the building.
Team:
Architecture: Dal Pian Arquitetos
Authors: Lilian Dal Pian, Renato Dal Pian
Coordination: Carolina Freire
Collaborators: Alexandre Kok, Andre Laranjeira, Carolina Fukumoto, Gabriela Pini, Leona Pullin, Lucas Sobral, Luis Taboada, Moacir Zancopé, Renata Espindola, Thais Demattê
Consultants:
Interior Design: Dal Pian Arquitetos
Landscape Designer: Roncato Arquitetura Paisagística
Frames Consultancy: Arqmate
Lighting Designer: Senzi Lighting
ArtisticIntervention: Andrés Sandoval
Structural Project: Modus Engenharia
Facilities: Ramoska&Castellani
Air Conditioning: Thermoplan
Building Automation: Bettoni
Waterproofing: Impersolutions
BuildingSurvey: HZ Engenharia
Legal Consulting: Imóveis de Fato
Accessibility: Pimenta Associados
TechnicalReports: Britez e Ensaios
LEED CertificationConsultancy: Straub e Junqueira
Renderings: Jonas Bernardi
Contractor: PHL Engenharia
Clients: Rio Bravo and Etoile
Material Used:
1. External Environmental Protections: Sulmetais
2. External Coating: Placo (Glassroc) and Ibratin
3. Woodwork: CAF Marcenaria