Bandeirantes
São Paulo, Brazil
Bandeirantes is an integrated mixed-use development. The commission was won through an international design competition held in the summer of 2007.
The 5.2 million square foot development consists of 1,600 apartments, 1,000,000 square feet of retail and commercial and parking for 6,500 cars. The challenge was how to develop a sense of welcome and calm while simultaneously meeting all of the security requirements - to create an atmosphere of domesticity and place. The movement of pedestrians and vehicles is a key issue in the design, as more than 20,000 people a day will move through the complex. The project is located at the intersection of three busy highways, requiring coordinated access to the site. The resolution of this circulation is essential to the coherence of the design.
The existing site is undeveloped. The concept creates a unifying landscape, a “central park” which works with the towers, utilizing “loops” which belong to the towers and the landscape. The “loops” are a formal device which integrates building and nature and are also part of our sustainable approach to the site. All sub-sequential planning issues refer to the “loops” which provide a formal armature for the planning of the architectural and landscape organization.
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