Canary Investment HQ, São Paulo Office Design, Brazilian Commercial Premisses, Images
Canary Investment HQ in São Paulo
11 Sep 2020
Canary Investment HQ, SP
Design: Superlimão
Location: Pinheiros, São Paulo City, SP, Brazil

Superlimão designed the Canary Investment HQ an investment firm focused on promoting technology companies that are getting started in Brazil, and Atlantico, a fund focused on Latin American startups. The companies occupy a 350 sq m building in Pinheiros, São Paulo. Seeking to combine receptivity to a young audience typical of startups with the seriousness of financial transaction environments, the office design stands out for adopting striking colors ? bringing different sensations to the entrance, break room and meeting rooms ?, and for the ceiling lined with fabrics on a calendered metal structure that also supports the spotlights. The ceiling sought to resolve the acoustics issue created by the high ceiling, and was specially designed for the project and inspired by a bird?s nest.
One of the major challenges in the design was to adapt the building, which used to be an art gallery, to the client?s agenda: several meeting rooms and versatility across the environments to accommodate workstations and spaces for a variety of event profiles. The previous layout contained a ground floor with vaulted ceilings and exposed slab, a mezzanine, a backyard and an annex at the back, used as a storage room, in addition to a bathroom area that opened onto the...