Onze22 Building / TRIPTYQUE

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The landscaping, designed by Rodrigo Oliveira, extends the exuberant vegetation of the neighboring square into the grounds in an exercise of continuity. This tropical garden envelops the common areas — also entirely glazed — of a building without fences, whose original geometry makes it difficult to differentiate between the facade and the back of the building (in Onze22, all sides are facades).TRIPTYQUE’s fourth project for IdeaZarvos! in Vila Madalena, São Paulo, Onze22 seems to emerge from a green belt, as if it were a dominant living tree.“Each point on the balcony invites you to observe São Paulo, providing endless views and, at the corners, the possibility of letting your gaze go in different directions," says Gui Sibaud, founding partner of the TRIPTYQUE agency, which designed the project.The building is “planted” at Rua Agissê 287, close to a large tree-lined square, and manifests the activism of the French-Brazilian agency for a new pact between nature and the city. On the ground floor of the development, comprised of two towers (home and studio), the 6m high pillars facilitate dialogue with the surroundings.The first floors overlook the square and, from the upper floors, the open panorama of the neighborhood offers breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape.The building's transparent skin ensures that the spaces of the studios and apartments are bathed innatural light. A covered balcony surrounds them entirely, expanding the spaces and ensuring protection against excess sun.“Pilotis allow for a smooth and diffused transition between the public (the street) and the private," explains Olivier Raffaëlli, founding partner of TRIPTYQUE.Text description provided by the architects.TRIPTYQUE Architecture presents Onze22, a residential building transcending the classic tower block as a set of overlapping, suspended slabs, interspersed with glass walls. Due to this structure framing the urban landscape in 360 degrees, Onze22 promotes total fluidity between the exterior and interior. This design invites users to relate to the city, not as something that is outside – here, the view composes the spaces as if they were part of the decoration.