{"id":438646,"date":"2026-01-30T10:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438646\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:05:16","slug":"triptyque-wraps-sao-paulo-skyscraper-with-system-of-planters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438646\/","title":{"rendered":"Triptyque wraps S\u00e3o Paulo skyscraper with system of planters"},"content":{"rendered":"

French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque<\/a> has completed the Inspira SP building in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>, which is wrapped in a structural concrete cage lined with planters.<\/p>\n

Located not far from the Museu de Arte de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>, designed by Lina Bo Bardi, Inspira SP rises 100 metres (28 feet), capped at 20 storeys,\u00a0and serves primarily as office space.<\/p>\n

\"InspiraTriptyque has completed an office building in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

The building has a double-height base and crown, giving it a sense of vertical symmetry.<\/p>\n

Glass-enclosed units make up the main volume of the tower, while concrete<\/a> “green infrastructure” surrounds the building, which is made up of symmetrical, rectangular openings.<\/p>\n

\"InspiraIt is covered by a cage-like concrete structure<\/p>\n

According to Triptyque<\/a>, the superstructure grid is load-bearing, which allows the interior floors to be largely column-free.<\/p>\n

“The tower is designed based on a peripheral structural grid in concrete, which is the project’s primary feature,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

\"TriptyqueThe entryway is enclosed by a triple-height space<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

The studio lined the external structure with planters, which will allow its appearance to soften and shift over time, as the plants grow.<\/p>\n

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“More than just a building, Inspira becomes a green infrastructure,” said the studio. “A continuous system of planters, integrated into the concrete structure, allows vegetation to colonise and contradict the authoritarian geometry of the building.”<\/p>\n

Terraces and outdoor walkways run in between the planters and the central volume, while in some places, it bumps up directly against the concrete shell.<\/p>\n

\"InspiraLarge planters rest in the plaza<\/p>\n

At its base, Inspira SP is entered via a plaza that contains large planting beds.<\/p>\n

The building’s volume opens up on its lower level, while the concrete grid remains, creating a multi-storey opening above the entrance.<\/p>\n

\"TriptyqueThree standalone concrete volumes sit on the roof<\/p>\n

Its crown is populated with three, standalone cubic concrete volumes covered by the building’s concrete structure. The individual units are each two storeys, with their facades pointing outwards to the city.<\/p>\n

Wooden lattice screens and glass panels enclose the cubes, and slide open, so that the spaces are open-air.<\/p>\n

\"TriptyqueThe concrete frame is load-bearing<\/p>\n

“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 S\u00e3o Paulo,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

Other recent projects completed in S\u00e3o Paulo include a tilting pavilion by Est\u00fadio Leonardo Zanatta<\/a> and a “vertical garden tower” designed by French architect\u00a0Jean Nouvel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Skycrapers with green elements have become increasingly popular, especially after the reception of Italian architect\u00a0Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale in Milan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Ma\u00edra Acayaba<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project credits:<\/p>\n

Client: Hemisf\u00e9rio Sul Investimentos+ Toca 55 Incorporadora
Architecture: Triptyque
Team: Guillaume Sibaud, Olivier, Raa\u00eblli, Gustavo Ziviani, Gustavo Panza, Luca Moreira, Rodrigo Gonzaga, Caio Dias de S\u00e1, Gustavo Cherubini, Bruna Alcine, B\u00e1rbara Petri, Pedro Freire, Diego Santana Costa, Hassan Zoghbi de Palma, Julie Nolasco Barroca, Daniel Kenzo e
Enzo Nercolini
Landscape design: S\u00e9rgio Santana
Visual identity: Nitsche Arquitetos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has completed the Inspira SP building in S\u00e3o Paulo, which is wrapped in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,941,11420,229,88,64879,64880,64881,151386,207082],"class_list":{"0":"post-438646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-brazil","12":"tag-concrete","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-sectionall","16":"tag-sectionarchitecture","17":"tag-sectionnews","18":"tag-su00e3o-paulo","19":"tag-triptyque"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}