At one of the highest points in the city of Manaus, Botânica Office, with its facade of climbing plants filtering the afternoon sunlight of Manaus, proposes a radically innovative corporate building model that connects users with the city and the sunset from the central void.
This void, shaded by its very shape, was conceived as an extension of the public space into the building to foster formal and informal social and corporate gatherings on the numerous public terraces. The public space also permeates the first floor of the building to connect the sidewalk to the shopping mall, located behind the Botanica Office, integrating this horizontal public axis with the vertical one of the void of terraces. The public void is crowned by a rooftop that houses a bar and restaurant with panoramic views over the city.
The benefits of the vegetated façade are many: filtering air pollution, reducing the temperature, filtering heat and reducing the need for air conditioning, filtering afternoon light. But also proximity to nature which generates well-being, increasing productivity and creativity, as well as boosting immunity, reducing cortisol (stress hormone), lowering heart rate, relieving depression and lowering blood pressure.