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ANIBAL BUILDING, RIO DE JANEIRO
FAST FACTS Location:
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil First phase completed: 2015
Final phase completed: late 2016 (roof terrace) Footprint: 230 m2 Total floor area: 1,012 m2 Height:
five storeys, 16 m
90 per cent of lighting is LED Glass flooring: 4 cm thick
continuous vertical mounting surface for the metal element and creating the space for the planting between the two layers. “Our feeling was that a lattice-style brise soleil opened up more interesting design opportunities than glazing,” says Abreu. “This design offers effective solar shading from the early sun and filters out sound, yet allows plenty of light into the three business floors of the building throughout the day. It looks visually interesting, whether viewed internally or externally, and it looks impres- sive from outside in the evenings, when it is back-lit.”
Abreu adds: “Adding a self-watering planting layer between the brise soleil and the glazing provides a visual stimulus that, seen from inside, softens the rigidity of the latticework and creates a more natural- feeling work environment.” Planting is in long, deep, glass fibre
troughs resting on projecting, specifically- shaped concrete floor beams running across the front at each level and also pinned to the wall just below the glazing. The outside of the troughs are clad with powder-coated, dark-grey aluminium extending down and wrapping under the beams to form a soffit for the level below.
A horizontal run of toughened and soundproofed aluminium-framed glazing overlooking the troughs on each office floor and forms the third and final layer, complete with opening access windows for maintaining the greenery.
Above and slightly set back from the metal facade, a neat palisade of red-brown cumaru hardwood, commonly used in Brazil, linked with subtle, horizontal stain- less steel rods forms the softer looking front of the rooftop terrace. At ground level, a similar wooden
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