VALENTE
  SÃO PAULO - SP, BRAZIL
Project specifications
Site area - 1.394m²
Building area - 15.222m²
Project beginning - 2017
Construction completion - 2025

Team
Authors - Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes, Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Managers - Carol Nobre, Gabriel Faria, Gabriel Mota, Sonia Gouveia, Talita Broering

Coordinators - Ana Orefice, Larissa Sartori, Guilherme Prado, Philippe Metropolo
Contributors - Alessandra Musto, Bruno Suman, Carolina Hirata, Cintia Reis, Daniel Moraes, Daniela Zavagli, Eduardo Vale, Flávia Prado, François Caillat, Franciele Almeida, Gilberto Sales, Gislayne Felix, Guilherme Pulvirenti, Letícia Gonzalez, Otávio Araújo Costa, Pedro Mauger, Rafael Saito, Rennan Carlos, Victor Lucena
Interns - Flávia Moura, Henrique Dias, Giovanna Custódio, Guilherme Braga, Giovanna Albuquerque, Mariana Sarto, Michelle Vasques
Photographer - Victor Lucena
Real State Developer - Idea!Zarvos
Constructors -Construcompany
Landscape designer - Rodrigo Oliveira ​​​​​​​
Lighting designer - Lightsource​​​​​​​
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The design aimed to create corporate spaces that differ from the usual, incorporating duplex or triplex units with high ceilings and mezzanines that could be adapted to future users’ needs. The developer, Idea Zarvos, wanted to apply concepts used in the Corujas building, also designed by us, within the context of a high-rise tower featuring abundant natural light, cross-ventilation, usable balconies, and greenery.

After studying several versions and different configurations, considering the complexities of fire department requirements and legislation, we arrived at a design with an active façade and lobby on the ground floor, three consecutive triplex units, three duplex units, and a space with an extra-height ceiling that opens onto a plaza on the 17th floor. This space features extensive greenery in a suspended plaza on the 18th floor, intended to be a flexible area—envisioned as a restaurant to take advantage of the plaza and the stunning views from that height, but the final proposal will be validated by the end tenant. The top two floors are residential rental apartments with various sizes and layouts.

The building’s volumetric design was conceived using rectangles with either single or double heights, projecting outward as balconies, calculated according to regulations floor by floor. Above these balconies, extensive planters with large trees, designed by Rodrigo Oliveira, aim to integrate landscaping at various levels of the building while enhancing the greenery on Cardeal Arcoverde, which is quite sparse. The same balcony volumes, nearly zeroed out, are combined with window panels that either open like casement windows or slide open, contributing to the building’s overall appearance. On the ground floor, wide setbacks create necessary pedestrian space at this important corner, which currently suffers from minimal sidewalks.