garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes

jeronimo faria lima combines a screen-printed glass facade, two stacked volumes, and an elevated garden, using patterned glazing and planted terraces to shape the tower’s appearance and connect it with the surrounding urban fabric.

Perkins&Will edited by christina vergopoulou October 13, 2026 4 min

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sunken plaza likns corporate tower with São Paulo’s public realm

Jeronimo Faria Lima by Perkins&Will rethinks the corporate tower through its relationship with São Paulo’s public realm. Located at the intersection of Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue and Jeronimo da Veiga Street, the project uses a sunken plaza, pedestrian bridge, and elevated garden to connect the building with the surrounding streets.

The first basement level contains a sunken plaza with cafés, social areas, and collaborative spaces, extending public activity into the building. From here, a pedestrian bridge leads to the main lobby, creating a gradual transition between the street and the tower. Transparent enclosures, continuous finishes, and aligned sightlines maintain visual connections between interior and exterior spaces.

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 1 — all images ©Manuel Sá

Layered volumes and planted terraces shape Jeronimo Faria Lima

The tower is divided into two stacked volumes, separated by a garden level that breaks up the building’s vertical mass and introduces vegetation into the dense urban setting. Planting continues from the entrance to the terraces, linking different levels and creating areas for pause.

On the facade, screen-printed patterns form a graphic layer across the glass, reinforcing the tower’s vertical lines while changing in appearance with shifting daylight. The detailing also required precise craftsmanship, including hand-cutting and assembly at the junctions between ceiling planes along the building’s edges to preserve the geometry of the volumes.

Through its sequence of public spaces, planted terraces, and carefully detailed facade, Jeronimo Faria Lima by Studio Perkins&Will integrates circulation, social areas, and landscape into the design of a corporate building.

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 2 — Perkins&Will rethinks the corporate tower through its relationship with São Paulo’s public realm

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 3 — Jeronimo Faria Lima stands at the intersection of Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue and Jeronimo da Veiga Street

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 4 — a garden level separates the volumes and introduces planting into the tower

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 5 — the planted floor breaks up the building’s vertical mass

jeronimo-faria-lima-perkins-will-corporate-tower-sao-paulo-designboom-1800-2 — planted terraces create places to pause within the corporate building

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 6 — screen-printed patterns form a graphic layer across the glass facade

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 7 — vegetation extends from the entrance to the elevated terraces

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 8 — changing daylight alters the appearance of the screen-printed glass

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 9 — a sunken plaza brings cafés and social spaces into the building’s lower level

jeronimo-faria-lima-perkins-will-corporate-tower-sao-paulo-designboom-1800-3 — the plaza extends public activity below street level

garden divides perkins&will’s são paulo office tower into two stacked volumes - 10 — transparent enclosures maintain visual connections between interior and exterior spaces

project info:

name: Jeronimo Faria Lima

architect: Perkins&Will | @perkinswill_br

design team: Douglas Tolaine, Fernando Vidal, Lara Kaiser, Adriana Barbosa, Cassia Moral, Fernando Afonso, Fátima Oliveira, Cesar Ramos, Gabriela Viotti, Guilherme Costa, Nivea Abrantes, Stephanie Luna, Isabella Gasparini, Tarini Borsois, Daniel Falcão, Daniel Cruz

clients: Bolsa de Imóveis Lucio Inc | @lucioincorporadora, Novo Marco | @novomarco.inc

construction: Lucio Engenharia

branding: UIWD | @uiwd

landscape design: Rodrigo Oliveira | @rodrigooliveira_paisagismo

lighting design: Foco Luz e Desenho | @foco_ld

facade glazing: Guardian | @guardianbrasil

wall and ceiling coverings: Trespa | @trespainternational, Pertech | @pertechdobrasil

basalt cladding: BSC Sanitary

ware and fittings: Deca | @decaoficial

facade: TG Group (C.Glass)

window frames: Bimetal

lighting: Lumini | @_lumini

porcelain tile: Portobello | @portobello

bicycle parking: Bikelink

planters: Firgal

photographer, video: Manuel Sá | @omanuelsa

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