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WTC Biotic
Architects Office
WAF Future Project: Commercial mixed-use
WTC Biotic
Architect
Architects Office
Lead Architect Name
Greg Bousquet
Architect Country
Brazil
Client
World Trade Center
Project Completion Date
-
Status
Entrant, Shortlist
Project City
Brasília
Project Country
Brazil
Category
WAF Future Project: Commercial mixed-use
Category Sponsor
WAF Prize
WAF Prize Sponsor
WAF Year
2025
Location
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ARCHITECTS OFFICE
A New Urban Dynamic: The WTC Biotic Project in Brasília
The WTC Biotic project, part of the Brasília Technology Park, introduces a fresh approach to contemporary urbanism. As a mixed-use development combining offices, residences, a hotel, retail, and social areas, it promotes efficient land use and the coexistence of diverse urban functions. WTC Biotic is more than a group of buildings-it’s an urban experience and a manifesto for adaptable, integrated, and time-sensitive cities.
The project was shaped by attentive listening and a sensitive translation of collective aspirations, aiming to address present needs while anticipating a more connected, resilient, and inclusive future. It embraces the belief that building is not just about construction but about transforming realities, fostering connections, and creating new forms of belonging.
Respecting the site’s topography and environmental features, the design preserves natural areas and integrates architecture into the landscape. Its horizontal layout echoes Brasília’s modernist scale and ensures permeability between spaces. A continuous architectural element-serving as floor, wall, and roof-connects the volumes, guiding circulation, providing shade, and enhancing the pedestrian experience.
Rather than isolating functions, WTC Biotic creates a seamless relationship between residential, hospitality, commercial, and corporate spaces. It breaks down the barriers between architecture and urbanism, treating the complex as a living organism-adaptive, interconnected, and intelligently organized. Each building plays a role similar to an organelle within a cell: distinct in function but part of a larger, unified ecosystem.
At the core of this vision is the concept of reprogramming-rethinking rigid zoning and embracing flexibility in how space is used over time. This means designing structures that can evolve without losing coherence. A modular 8x8-meter structural grid enables future adaptability, efficient resource use, and simplified maintenance. Standardization streamlines construction and supports long-term functional transformation, allowing buildings to respond to changing user needs.
The architectural program integrates a broad spectrum of uses: offices, residences, hotel, retail, and a convention center. These components form a cohesive 140,000 m² complex, where different activities coexist without losing their individual identities. This mixed-use logic reinforces the role of the Brasília Technology Park as an innovation hub, connecting the Federal District to global networks of business and technology while stimulating local economic development.
From a sustainability standpoint, the project combines passive and active environmental strategies. Shallow floor slabs enhance natural lighting, while perimeter terraces and brise-soleils improve thermal performance. Green roofs contribute to insulation, and house systems for rainwater harvesting and solar energy generation. These features help shape a more resilient, energy-efficient urban environment.
By blending functional programming with the visual and spatial language of Brasília’s modernist heritage, WTC Biotic challenges traditional typologies and proposes new ways of living, working, and interacting. It emphasizes the integration between built space and nature through preserved green areas and shaded pedestrian paths, offering a healthier, more responsive urban landscape.
Ultimately, WTBiotic redefines what it means to build in the 21st century-an architectural and urban statement that combines flexibility, sustainability, and connectivity in a coherent and visionary whole.
Fonte:
https://www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com/entries/wtc-biotic/
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