Next to the University of São Paulo’s campus and to the Marginal Pinheiros Avenue, São Paulo Plaza Shopping grows among a new urban occupation of Jaguaré neighborhood. Taking space from old factories, new born residential and commercial buildings increase demand for commerce and service to support this new population.
The mall project develops around a deactivated, but preserved shed, where an antique agricultural Japanese cooperative used to work. From this dense past, the architecture project takes its inspiration.
Traditional gardens, decorative details, facade’s elements and volumetric composition connect to this scenario hugging this shed, completing a contemporary environment filled with memories. It is important to emphasize the shed restoration that will be place for mall’s food court, representing the duality of the renovation and reminiscences of the original scene.
