PLACE

São Paulo

PROJECT YEAR

2019 | 2020

CONSTRUCTION YEAR

2020 (under construction)

PROJECT AREA

87.175 m²

Founded in 1884, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo is a private and philanthropic institution, considered one of the most important centers of reference and health research in Brazil. The hospital complex, marked by its architectural, historical and cultural value, houses several buildings inserted in the same lot and in its immediate surroundings, in order to provide assistance and run the administrative program.

Based on the diagnosis of Santa Casa’s facilities, operations and activities, its relationship with the city and the urban standards applicable, the Master Plan designed by Levisky Architects sought to guide strategic actions and future interventions from a perspective that goes beyond the limits of the building, applying devices and incentives provided by the PDE and LPUOS, with the purpose of enabling the expansion of the institution in an integrated manner to the surroundings.

Thinking about the need to update the spaces, flows and materials to be used, it was necessary to set a dialogue with the preservation bodies, which, together with knowledge of hospital architecture from our office, made possible highly efficient solutions, respecting the value as an historical and cultural institution. In this sense, it is proposed to organize both the sectorization – considering the high complexity care -, as well as the support and operational activities in areas inserted in the hospital area.

PLACE

São Paulo

PROJECT YEAR

2017 | 2019

PROJECT AREA

194.500 m²

Although the city of São Paulo has large hospital structures, the demand for health services persists. Analyzing the conditions of health equipment in São Paulo, it is clear that the pattern of land use near these institutions is repetitive: occupied and consolidated areas, scarcity of available land, in contrast to the constant need for updating and expansion of its structures, hampered even more by legal urban restrictions.

Given this, Levisky Arquitetos presented the municipality with a study in which a new draft project was proposed based on encouraging the expansion and implementation of complementary activities in the areas surrounding existing health complexes, which was welcomed by the Executive and Legislative offices, generating a new urban instrument for hospitals in the city.

As a first experience using this instrument, the Master Plan for Albert Einstein Hospital was developed, foreseeing a series of area relocations – both in the existing building and also in its adjacent areas – considering the incentives to uses related to health services and health education, in which, for example, new areas were proposed for activities of medium and low complexity, in addition to the expansion of the operating room and intensive care units.

PLACE

São Paulo

PROJECT YEAR

2016 | 2017

INTERVENTION AREA

586.630 m²

A strategic opportunity to create, through urban renewal, a growth-inducing pole with great potential to bring back vitality and diversify the use of one of the most upscale neighborhoods in the largest Brazilian city, shaping the Masterplan proposal for Urban Renewal and Heritage Preservation for São Paulo Jockey Club.

Based on the Urban Intervention Project (PIU, in Portuguese), the opportunity to qualify the potential of space with a size of 536 thousand square meters, currently used for private events underpins a project that mix public interest interventions with solutions and opportunities for economic sustainability and feasibility as well as to preserve the financial situation of the club.

To diversify and requalify the use of the venue, we propose the construction of new buildings for residential, institutional, cultural, corporate, services, and commercial purposes. Promoting new options for leisure, healthy activities, well-being, social life, culture, entertainment, housing, work, tourism, and gastronomy.

In addition to the restoration and preservation of this heritage-listed site and the creation of a large private park for public use, this project transforms the Jockey Club into a genuine center of urban development.

PLACE

São Paulo

PROJECT YEAR

2002 | 2009

TOTAL AREA

160.500 m²

PLACE

Salvador – BA

PROJECT YEAR

2014 | 2015

PROJECT AREA

105.950 m²

The Old Downtown of Salvador – CAS, has great relevance in the historical context of the capital of Bahia State and the country, given its cultural, historical, social, and gastronomic diversity. In the last 30 years, it has undergone several disjointed interventions and presents a significant concentration of social problems, which contributed, among other factors, to the degradation of the built heritage and the worsening of already poor labor conditions, housing, health and leisure of local people.

Seeking to change this scenario, the State Government of Bahia, Secretariats, and Unesco establish the CAS Rehabilitation Plan, aiming, among other ideas, to establish instruments that would make the Old Downtown sustainable, integrating it with the social, urban and economic dynamics of the modern city.

Within this context, Levisky Arquitetos worked on structuring and modeling the socio-economic development plan of Old Downtown of Salvador, focusing on housing, connections, and urban mobility, valuing historic urban aspects and implementing new urban facilities.

The proposal considers the preservation of the slope area of the frontispiece, promoting housing and institutional use of CAS, the dynamization of trade, the revitalization of the seafront, the optimization of environmental conditions, and the renewal of urban equipment.