![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-01.jpg)
Triptyque Architecture takes part in a 150.000m2 master plan in the city of São Paulo organized around a university campus receiving 15.000 students.
![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-02.jpg)
The whole project consists of four towers with a mixed program: 400 apartments, an hotel, offices and shops. Two others French agencies have been invited to work on this project: PCA and Edouard François.
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The Tropical Tower designed by Triptyque Architecture is an element of twins towers with mixed program (lofts and hotels) connected to the 23rd floors by a gateway, its 45 floors will receive 200 apartments.
![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-04.jpg)
The Tropical Tower is defined by its nonlinearity, opposing to the ambient rationality, it is a twist of the architectural body. This body is inhabited by a vegetation extending over the 150m height.
![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-05.jpg)
Each floor provides access to the plants, where the terraces, kind of excrescences, will support trees or even greenhouses, some of them will be used for vegetables growing.
![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-06.jpg)
The architecture of the Tropical Tower is expressive, the black concrete slabs constitute horizontals framing the full height glass who provides transparency and view for the inhabitants.
![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-07.jpg)
Finally, the tower is equipped with movable brise-soleil arranged on the most exposed facade, this mobility creates a vibration, a deconstruction of the order in an organic architecture. Source by Triptyque Architecture.
![Tropical Tower](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Tower-by-Triptyque-Architecture-08.jpg)
- Location: São Paulo, Morumbi, Brazil
- Architects: Triptyque Architecture
- Partners: Guillaume Sibaud, Olivier Raffaëlli, Greg Bouset e Carolina Bueno
- Coordinator: Luiz Trindade
- Project manager: Bianca Coelho
- Project Team: Fernanda Figueira, André Mathias, Murillo Fantinati, Renan Bussi
- Ground area: 38.900m2
- Tropical Tower built area: 35.000m2
- Number of items in the Tropical Tower: 171 unités
- Construction start deadline: 2018
- Images: Courtesy of Triptyque Architecture
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Thanks-a-mundo for the blog article.Really looking forward to read more. Really Great.