Ágora MOB

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

ÁGORA MOB

Estúdio Módulo

ENGINEERING
Eduardo Reis Projetos Estruturais

MANUFACTURERS
AJL, CCL, Decore SC, Doril Pinturas Pintura, GF Esquadrias, Metalville, Metrea, StahlSeg

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Estúdio Módulo – Marcus Vinicius Damon (responsável técnico) e Guilherme Bravin

PROJECT TEAM
Estúdio Módulo Colaboradores: Ana Mamede, Andressa Diniz, Erica Tomasoni, Júlia Dell’Acqua, Lucas Nadalini, Lucas Zabeu Cunha, Vitoria Hassuani e Victoria Baggio.

CLIENT
Perville Engenharia e Empreendimentos

PHOTOGRAPHS
Manuel Sá, Marcus Damon

AREA
80729 ft²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Brazil

CATEGORY
Master Plan, Office Buildings

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

CONTEXT

In 2018, the company Perini Business Park promoted a national and open project competition, aiming to build a new technology park in its condominium, the largest multi-sector business park in Latin America, located in the Industrial District of Joinville, in Santa Catarina.

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

The proposals should present a master plan for the occupation of an area of ​​approximately 70,000m2 surrounded by an area of ​​preserved forest, and, inserted in it, the project for the main building.

Also in 2018, the implementation of the master plan began with the construction of the first building and headquarters, the Ágora HUB.

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

The Ágora MOB building project continues the implementation of the master plan with 7,500m² dedicated to the leasing of offices of companies in the industrial and technological fields.

MASTER PLAN

The master plan thinks of the Ágora Tech Park as an attraction pole for the meeting between society, private initiative, academia, and government, contributing to regional development through socioeconomic benefits for Joinville and Santa Catarina.

Ágora MOB
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Ágora MOB
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The project will offer high-quality environments for research, development, work, and leisure activities, offering attractions for high-tech companies.

For this, the proposal appropriates concepts of a smart city, addressing issues related to the environment, infrastructure, mobility, quality of life, eco-efficiency and the integration of differentiated solutions.

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
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The implantation harmonizes with the Perini Business Park Condominium through the straight lines of the buildings, the few changes in the road network, the traffic of people and vehicles.

New crosswalks will be created to facilitate pedestrian and cyclist access to the new park.

Ágora MOB
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Ágora MOB
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The proposal is organized around the existing forest. Only a few changes will be made to make the vegetation more pleasant to interact with. The preservation of vegetation will emphasize the technological park's commitment to its eco-efficiency.

The first building, the Ágora HUB, occupies the corner of the complex as it is a visually privileged and strategic location for the rest of the park's construction.

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
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AGORA MOB

The implantation of the second building, Ágora HUB, articulates two levels: the main access is via Av. Perini, which cuts the slope with concrete retaining walls and allows access to the forest that will be implanted between the buildings and the preserved forest.

On this level, the triple-height atrium organizes the arrival, vertical circulations, and the multipurpose room; in the second level, the upper level follows the north axis, connecting to the level of the headquarters building.

The tour articulates, on one side, the view of the preserved forest and, on the other, shops and snack bars. The building is closed by the glass and perforated tile skin on the east and west sides, with strategic grooves in the facade that demarcate accesses, common areas, and special rooms.

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

On the north face, the perforated tile is mounted as a horizontal brise. On the south face, the glass skin has varied modulation, creating dynamics on the façade.

AMPHITHEATER

At the bifurcation point of the masterplan's ordering axes, making the transition between the height of the awning and the forest, a large external staircase accommodated on the slope is proposed.

By adopting double steps, it also assumes the role of the grandstand, creating an amphitheater between Building 1 (HUB) and Building 2 (MOB).

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

At your point of arrival, there is an access square to the forest. The square, with the support of the stands, will host outdoor events, such as lectures and concerts. In everyday situations, it can be used as a place to rest and decompress with contemplation of the woods and woods.

VOID AND VISUAL FOCUS

Internally, the building is organized in a pragmatic way, with a central corridor and offices that occupy the perimeter of the building. The modulation is designed to adapt to different room sizes, ranging from 50m2 to 120m2.

Extreme pragmatism is broken in the circulations, where voids are placed, designed to improve the building's environmental comfort and to promote possible visual relationships.

Ágora MOB
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Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

The atrium is the building's large meeting area. This is where the visual relationships of workers and visitors intensify, as well as the relationships between inside and outside strengthen.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT

The micro-perforated metallic skin that surrounds the east and west façades attenuates sunlight, reducing the building's internal heating, while allowing controlled passage of light and visuals from the inside out.

In the access corridors of the offices, the need for stairways was used, solving the escape route in emergency situations to create spaces aligned between the floors.

Ágora MOB
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Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

On the fourth and last floor, the roof is designed to allow the entry of natural light and the exhaust of hot air that rises to the top floor, configuring the chimney effect.

On the north façade, horizontal louvers at different angles protect the façade from direct sunlight. As they are made of the same material as the skin, micro perforated tile allows the passage of filtered lighting, and establish the unity of the set.

Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá
Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá

CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM

As in the first building in the complex, the adoption of a structural system in precast parts (foundations and hyperstatic pillars) combined with in loco molded elements (arrests and ribbed slab), combined with the use of industrialized constructive components in most of the building, allowed a quick and dry work.


Ágora MOB
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Ágora MOB
© Manuel Sá


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Plan - 1st floor
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Plan - 2nd floor
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Plan - 3rd floor
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Plan - Lower ground. Atrium
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Plan - Upper ground. marquesina
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Masterplan


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Perspective section


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Diagram - Rood Concept
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Diagram - Roof materials
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Diagram - Section
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Diagram - Plan
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Diagram - Environmental comfort


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