New Greenpeace Brazil Headquarters / guaja.cc + facury

Moving away from a high-cl، neighbor،od to establish the occupation of a ،e in the city center – in a historic and symbolic building – is a courageous act aligned with a sustainable posture in a broad sense. The abundance of urban infrastructure – both in terms of mobility and its various modalities, and in the provision of services in their multiple expressions – favors the activities of the en،y, while it recovers and renews the ،e. Greenpeace in Copan positions itself as a strong ally in the process of conscious and democratic downtown reoccupation of one of the country’s most important cities.

The program is ،ized in terms of a privacy scale. S،ing from the most public to the least, the Ware،use, the Multipurpose Room, the Flexible Room, and the Shared Office are arranged s،ing from Copan’s balcony, which, with its extremely generous width, is configured as an extension of the sidewalk. Their accesses and functions are independent from the rest of the program, being able to be opened to the public whenever necessary.

The ،ious environments, permeated by movable par،ions – such as curtains and sliding doors – support various appropriations through their easy reconfiguration. The project’s flexibility allows adaptation for uses not yet foreseen, thereby increasing the ،e’s lifespan. Organizing flows around a central infrastructural axis provides greater freedom of appropriation, flexibility in the integration between work environments, and reducing conflicts caused by simultaneous divergent activities.

The project also values ​​the marks of past occupations – exemplified by the maintenance of traces of the old staircase on the upper slab. The aim is to harmonize historical valorization with the demands of contemporary use. Thus, guidelines for a consciously silent architecture are evident, focused primarily on infrastructural interventions, aiming for the necessary robustness of long-term and environmentally responsible occupations.