Edifícios de escritórios na cidade de São Paulo / Office buildings in the city of São Paulo

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The research sets a compilation of reference material and registers the production of office buildings in the city of São Paulo, from the first ones dated from the beginning of the 20th century, to those recently built. Among the discussed issues are: legislative implications; the relations between plot dimensions, legislation and economical feasibility; the identification of a spatial distribution in the city according to specific moments of the production; the most common spatial configurations and the influence of technological innovations in the projectsdevelopment. In its content there is an overview on the history of the office tower, identifying its origins and fundamental aspects of its evolution and it analyses aspects of urbanism related to the citys verticalization. From this context, it presents in a chronological line the pioneer constructions, then the ones developed from the 1940s under the influence of the modern movement and, finally, the production after 1972, when the Arthur Saboya Building Code was substituted by the Zoning Law. Besides this general background with approximately 200 buildings registered, the research presents a detailed survey of 100 buildings, aiming the identification the different typologies developed in the city and the diversity of possible configurations and combinations derived from the options on architectural conception, structural system, legislation issues, geographic situation, building system and use type. These case studies are organized in 5 itineraries - Center, Paulista, Faria Lima, Berrini and Itaim - that sets a geographical organization and shows the spatial distribution of the citys different growth phases. In addition to this, there is another group formed by 11 isolated buildings that become meaningful as a sample of the diversity of solutions obtained from the physical occupation of the city. In its conclusion, the research deals with the decisive influence of the legislation over the buildingsconfiguration and its viability, the location of investments within the city, its relation with the setting of growth vectors, its influence on the alteration of urban infrastructures, as well as the use and influence of technological components in the buildings projects. Finally, it identifies the tendency of choice for flexible constructions, the search for maximum use of floor area rates and the valuation of the concept of intelligent buildings. As a complement, there are three appendixes: the first one presents a timeline as a visual summary of the office towers evolution, establishing a counterpoint between the international experience and the most important buildings in the city; the second one is a comparative diagram of the analyzed buildings mass also in chronological order; the third one comprehends indexes organized per time, author and building, in order to make the data search easier.

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office buildings architecture design edifícios de escritório projeto de arquitetura

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