Airbnb HQ Office in São Paulo, Brazil Commercial Building, Images, Interior Architecture
Airbnb HQ Office in São Paulo
Commercial Building Development SP, Brazil, South America ? design by MM18 Arquitetura
7 Feb 2017
Airbnb HQ Office in São Paulo
Design: MM18 Arquitetura
Location: São Paulo, Brasil
Airbnb HQ Office in São Paulo

Signed by the brazilian office of architecture MM18 Arquitetura, from Brazil, that is led by the architects Mila Strauss and Marcos Paulo Caldeira, the head office of the Airbnb in Brazil was opened in 2015, in São Paulo (Brazil), respecting the culture of the countries where it operates. For the brazilian head office, MM18 proposed to brought a Brazilian identity to the project:

For this, the architects found inspiration in Burle Marx?s and Athos Bulcão?s design to the development of furniture and objects. They´ve invited brazilian designers to create objects with them: the carpets were designed by Brunno Jahara and fixtures in brass designed by Carol Gay. They already used wicker, which is a material used in basketry among native Brazilian, for the phone booths. The project won brazilian plants species too, as bromeliads and gibóias.
Airbnb is inspired by houses of hosts to create environments of meeting rooms. The materials used and decoration seek to follow to the letter what is there in the selected homes. For this, MM18 used techniques including set design to create these spaces. The Airbnb work method and philosophy reflect greatl...