The Inspira SP building

The Inspira SP building, located in​ the Paulista Avenue region, emerges​ as a contemporary response to a consolidated urban context marked by​ the cultural and corporate intensity​ of São Paulo.

STRUCTURE AS PRINCIPLE
The tower is designed based on​ a peripheral structural grid in concrete, which is the project’s primary​ feature. This permanent, stable, and​ powerful structure addresses the​ city as the f​irst architectural order,affirming its presence in the urban​ landscape.

FREE AND REPROGRAMMABLE​ SPACES
By moving the load-bearing elements to the periphery, the structural grid frees up the internal spaces,​ allowing each ​floor to be occupied in​ a free, flexible, and reprogrammable manner. This condition ensures longevity of use and adaptability for different programs over time.

VEGETATION INFRASTRUCTURE
More than just a building, Inspira becomes a green infrastructure.​ A continuous system of planters, in​grated into the concrete structure,​ allows vegetation to colonise and​ contradict the authoritarian geometry of the building.​ Between the neutral and the arti​ficial, greenery spreads, recomposes​ the native biome, and gives the tower a mutable and dynamic dimension.​ The building thus becomes an active​ support for a changing landscape, introducing new layers of use, perception, and enjoyment.

IN RELATION TO THE CITY
The building establishes a delicate​ relationship with the ground and the​ sky, understood as the diluted extremities of its construction system.​ On the ground ​floor, the tower opens​ up to the city through a public grand-stand and a lush garden, dissolving​ the boundary between building and​ urban space.​

At the top, the structural grid folds​ horizontally, completing the architectural gesture and serving the​ building perfectly. On this elevated​ plane, a small forest connects the​ architecture to the horizon, transforming the roof into a continuous​ expanse of vegetation. Thus, Inspira​ presents itself as an elegant and slender building, but always in dialogue​ with the two dimensions that anchor​ it: collective life on the ground and​ the open​ vastness of the sky.