Acolá Store

An old triangular plant-townhouse located in Pinheiros, São Paulo, has been renovated by Vão Arquitetura to obtain a clothing store. The desire to bring light into the store guided the first design decisions of replacing part of the compromised structure with a glass ceiling and visually integrating the levels through a partial demolition of the upper slab. Besides lighting the entire store, the ceiling provides for the exchange of natural ventilation that, added to the internal garden, it brings great thermal comfort to the space.

  In the middle of the store’s free plan, a volume was strategically positioned to create various ambiences such as the reception area, the clothing rails and lounge. In this volume are grouped an auxiliary stock, an exhibitor and also two fitting rooms with pivoting doors that divide, integrate or expand the area according to the need. In the mezzanine above, where all the walls have been demolished, the spatial arrangement is also given through another volume, the large stock dividing the open areas (workbench and meeting table) of the enclosed areas (private room and storage).

Acolá Store, São Paulo, Brazil
Program: shop
Architect: Vão Arquitetura – Anna Juni, Enk te Winkel and Gustavo Delonero
Area: 120 sqm
Completion: 2016