Girassol Building’s structure
With a challenging structure signed by FGMF, the Girassol Building was finished at the end of 2021 and is in Vila Madalena, a prime area of the capital of São Paulo. The corporate use project was developed to meet the market demand in this post-pandemic period for lighter, more welcoming workspaces, and the architecture is responsible for creating environments that promote well-being, satisfaction, and productivity.
photography by: © Fran Parente
“The concern to offer quality spaces is very latent in companies. The reduction of traditional, fixed stations and adherence to the remote format end up reducing human contact and the notion of belonging and this makes it difficult to transmit values to the team. Therefore, environments should encourage socialization and a sense of well-being, generating rapprochement between people to increase talent retention and the development of more creative and dynamic work, especially in the hybrid model. The staff needs to think that the office is an even cooler place than the house itself and feel comfortable there”, explains Lourenço Gimenes, partner at FGMF.
photography by: © Fran Parente
Therefore, the architects created an unusual building, integrated into the urban environment, gentle with passers-by, and comfortable for their direct users. Composed of five floors in mismatched volumes, the space carries a harmonic set of geometric angles that form terraces with unique qualities: so...