In a building located in the central area of the city of São Paulo, which had been vacant for over a decade, we carried out a retrofit project with the aim of adapting its structure to house an innovation center for an educational institution, with complete modernization of the building's facilities, security systems and a new façade.
The new facade was developed parametrically to provide internal shading in the environments based on a precise survey of the building's sunlight influenced by the dynamics of neighboring buildings, considerably reducing the energy costs of air conditioning, in addition to, of course, giving the building a new aesthetic, in line with the concept of innovation of the new occupation.
In addition to these objectives, the façade's brise-soleils were coated with a titanium dioxide nanostructure that, when activated by sunlight, acts as a filter, neutralizing nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds that come into contact with the surface, and is also self-cleaning when it rains.
The facade reduces the effects of polluting gases in the city, reconciling quality of life with technology through innovation.