Gallery: Green-Roofed Sebrae HQ Harnes...
The pools serve a function beyond creating a visually interesting space -- prevailing breezes are cooled when entering the courtyard, creating a micro climate.
The office building is deceptively simple from a distance, appearing as a 3-story vertical grid of screened windows on one side flanked by concrete walls. Visitors who venture closer discover an undulating form where the front lawn becomes a roof, the promenade transitions towards reflecting pools, and the extensively shaded courtyard is fed by the offices and multi-use spaces surrounding it.
Not if you throw enough cold water on it @lazyreader.
If you go to Hawaii, the Hawaii state capital building has a reflecting pool that reflects……..scum. And bare concrete and open steel does not bode well for Brazil’s hot humid climate.