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Salma Tower in São Paulo, Brazil

13 November 2025

Architectural Design: aflalo/gasperini arquitetos

Location: Av. Faria Lima, São Paulo, Brazil, South America

photo © Pedro Mascaro

Photos: Maira Acayaba and Pedro Mascaro

Address: Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3555 Avenida Horácio Lafer, 225, R. Prof. Atílio Innocenti, 40 – Itaim Bibi, São Paulo – SP, 04538-133, Brazil

Condomínio Salma Tower, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Designed by aflalo/gasperini arquitetos, this 16-story tower redefines the relationship between architecture and nature with spiral green terraces, urban permeability, and high environmental performance.

photo © Pedro Mascaro

In a city where concrete and speed set the tone, Salma Tower arrives as a living contradiction. Yes, it’s a Triple-A corporate tower. But it’s also a suspended ecosystem where fruit trees, birdsongs, and forest breezes flow through boardrooms, cafés, and workstations.

photo © Maira Acayaba

With LEED Platinum certification and 1,200 sqm of native Atlantic Forest embedded across 16 floors, Salma Tower redefines what a workplace can be. This isn’t about bringing plants indoors. It’s about turning the office into a forest.

More than a smart building, it’s a vertical biofilic manifest — arguably the boldest in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s a place where productivity meets nature’s tempo, and where the skyline grows new roots.

photo © Maira Acayaba

Why does Salma Tower matter?

It is one of the five most sustainable Triple-A buildings in the world.

It represents the largest integration between native forest and urban architecture in Brazil, bringing real nature into the city.

It stands as a symbol of new corporate architecture—centered on mental health, sensory experiences, and green innovation.

It holds the potential to become a global benchmark in corporate biophilic design, attracting companies and talent that value more human-centered environments.

Concept: Corporate biophilia, well-being, and reconnection with nature in the workplace

Purpose: To establish a new model of urban workspace focused on quality of life, productivity, and environmental regeneration.

photo © Pedro Mascaro

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Salma Tower São Paulo Office Building

Salma Tower: new office building in São Paulo integrates vertical forests and receives LEED Platinum

Designed by aflalo/gasperini arquitetos, the 16-story tower redefines the relationship between architecture and nature with spiral green terraces, urban permeability, and high environmental performance.

São Paulo, August 2025 – Temporarily called “Bosco Corporate”, the building is now officially named Salma Tower, a family tribute to the developer. Located on a plot of land that occupies half of a block and with access by three roads – Rua Professor Atílio Inocenti, Av. Horácio Lafer and Av. Faria Lima – the project proposes a new model for corporate developments.

The ground floor was conceived as an open space, without walls or railings, with active facades that house restaurants and shops, encouraging integration with the urban surroundings. With 16 fl oors and average slabs of 1,200m², the tower has a height between fl oors of 4.68m, which favors ventilation and the spaciousness of the environments.

photo © Maira Acayaba

One of the design’s central solutions is the 110m² woods with double height on all fl oors. Organized in a spiral around the central core — where elevators and stairs are concentrated — they total 1,760m² of vertical vegetation. The presence of the trees acts as a thermal and acoustic barrier, creating a microclimate in the internal spaces and proposing a new way for occupying the corporate space.

Recently, the Salma Tower hosted a monumental installation by Damien Hirst, a British artist associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs) movement. With works in institutions such as Tate Modern, MoMA and Guggenheim, Hirst is the author of the series “Spot Paintings”, marked by vibrant colors and repetition. A 7×7 meter panel was installed in the lobby of the building, visible from Avenida Faria Lima. The painting, composed of colored circles arranged in a grid, dialogues with the urban dynamics and transforms the street into a point of contemplation.

photo © Maira Acayaba

The work complements the glazed façade and the triple height of the ground floor, reinforcing the integration between art, architecture, and culture in the city’s everyday life.

In addition, the building has just obtained the LEED Platinum certification, granted by the Green Building Council Brazil. This is the highest level of the international Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system. With 83 points in the LEED v4 BD+C: CS category, the building is the third highest-scoring project in Brazil and the first in the city of São Paulo to reach this mark – the first two are located in Curitiba. Only 8% of the projects evaluated in the world achieve this score.

To make the hanging gardens viable, the project uses the parameters of the Terraces Law, dedicating 5% of the land area to vegetation at higher levels. The spaces were designed to promote the daily use of the occupants, including the possibility of walking barefoot through dense vegetation, continuing the tree mass of the neighboring lots.

One of the highlights of the project is that, from the beginning, the G4M Group, responsible for the investment and ownership of the building, adopted guidelines based on bio architecture. The landscaping is the result of the collaboration between Soma Arquitetos and Cardim Arquitetura.

photo © Pedro Mascaro

During development, a full-scale mockup of the forest was made, allowing sensory tests of proportion and dimension. The active participation of the client throughout the process was decisive for the consolidation of the proposed guidelines.

“The creative process is enhanced when there is alignment of vision between architect and client. The G4M group was open to experimentation, and this enabled unprecedented solutions throughout the development”, says Grazzieli Gomes Rocha, managing partner of aflalo/gasperini arquitetos.

The project incorporates technologies that increase the efficiency of the building. The façade has insulated glass that favors thermal control, and there is a water reuse system for irrigation, external faucets, toilets and cooling towers, reducing total consumption by up to 60%.

photos © Maira Acayaba

LEED Platinum certification

Obtaining the LEED Platinum certification reinforces this strategy. Created by the U.S.

Green Building Council and present in more than 160 countries, LEED guides and certifies sustainable practices for projects at distinct stages – from new construction to ongoing operations. The score obtained depends on the application of strategies in areas such as energy efficiency, water resources management, indoor environmental quality, and use of materials. Certification levels vary between Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum — the latter awarded to enterprises that receive up to eighty points or more.

The Green Building Council Brazil is part of an international network with operations in seventy-six countries, focused on the transformation of civil construction. With more than 600 member companies, the organization consolidates Brazil as one of the agents of this global movement.

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aflalo/gasperini arquitetos

Founded in 1962, aflalo/gasperini arquitetos combines longevity and innovation in the development of architecture solutions, creating architecture that communicates with the city and the people, prioritizing works that include the three pillars – environment, people’s quality of life, and mobility. In 63 years, the firm has become renowned as one of the greatest in Brazil, having signed architecture landmarks such as IBM’s headquarters, the Rochaverá Complex and the Federal Court of Accounts building in São Paulo (SP), W Hotel São Paulo, Hotel Fasano Itaim and residential buildings Leopoldo 1201 and Habitarte.

aflalo/gasperini arquitetos develop projects for commercial and residential use, mixed-use, hotel, educational and industrial uses, resulting from extensive research of materials and a complete analysis of the urbanistic plan. From conception to design to the choice of materials to construction, the firm has more than 39 LEED-certified projects (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), one of the strictest environmental certifications in the world.
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Condomínio Salma Tower in SP, Brazil – Property Information

Architectural Design: aflalo/gasperini arquitetos – https://aflalogasperini.com.br/

Name: Salma Tower
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Certification: LEED Platinum – the highest level of sustainability
Category: Triple A Corporate Building
Key Feature: Integration of 1,200 m² of native Atlantic Forest across all floors

Land area: 3.379 sq
Building area: 36.616 sq
Total Floors: 16
Overall height: 80m

About aflalo/gasperini arquitetos

In 63 years, the firm has become renowned as one of the greatest in Brazil, having signed architecture landmarks such as IBM’s headquarters, the Rochaverá Complex and the Federal Court of Accounts building in São Paulo (SP), W Hotel São Paulo, Hotel Fasano Itaim, and residential buildings Leopoldo 1201 and Habitarte.

aflalo/gasperini arquitetos develop projects for commercial and residential use, mixed-use, hotel, educational, and industrial uses, resulting from extensive research of materials and a complete analysis of the urbanistic plan. From conception to design, to the choice of materials to construction, the firm has more than 39 LEED-certified projects (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), one of the strictest environmental certifications in the world.