Tico Indiana Building, The Indiana Building is the second project we developed for TiCO. Also located in the Brooklin neighborhood, close to the TiCO RV Building, the project is located on a 1000 m² plot, in a wooded area, predominantly occupied by residential townhouses.
© Pedro Kok
These characteristics are mainly based on municipal regulations that restrict the construction of high-rise towers, and conventional projects proposed by developers in São Paulo.
© Pedro Kok
In this context, it was necessary to renew views on traditional real estate production, re-establishing the relationship between the building and the city, and propose another way of living. We expanded the public sidewalk (7m) to enhance the dynamics of the two stores, which make up the active facade, and welcome residents with greater comfort. We proposed the building in three volumes, organized in such a way as to preserve an extensive area covered by existing vegetation, with large trees, which, added to the other garden areas, total 50% of the land area.
© Pedro Kok
The complex has three floors, 10m high, articulated into three blocks based on an open circulation that accesses the 30 housing units, with private areas ranging from 34.5m² to 63.5m². The building, integrated into its surroundings, gently densifies the neighborhood.
Project Info
Architects: Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
Country: Brazil, São Paulo
Area: 1607 m²
Year: 2023
Photographs: Pedro Kok
Landscape Desgin: Gabriella Ornaghi
Landscape Design: Bianca Vasone Arquitetura da Paisagem
Structures: Ycon Engenharia
MEP: KML Engenharia e Projetos
Visual Design: Nitsche Arquitetos
Mural: M.O.A Estúdio
Construction: Taguá Engenharia
Incorporation: TiCO
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