FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is retrofit?
Retrofitting is a practice of renovating and requalifying existing buildings.
Quais as vantagens do retrofit?
What are the advantages of retrofitting?
What is Planta.Inc.?
Planta.Inc. is a developer of impactful real estate projects. With a focus entirely on retrofitting, the developer seeks to attract residents to central areas in a rational way and with less impact on the environment, thus contributing to a city with more equal access to opportunities.
What does Planta.Inc. do?
Planta.Inc. identifies these buildings in the best locations in the central region, conducts a comprehensive assessment and promotes the retrofit with the most renowned architecture firms in the city. It creates intelligent condominiums, with good leisure areas and with varied and comfortable housing units, without exception.
What are the environmental benefits of retrofitting?
By implementing current architectural and engineering techniques in civil construction, retrofitting can be responsible for reducing 51% of all emissions related to civil construction, or avoiding between 50% and 75% of emissions compared to constructions that start from scratch.
In what ways can retrofitting modernize a building?
Structural changes to building layouts can provide greater natural light and better ventilation, preventing the excessive use of lights and air conditioning equipment. Modernizing pipelines improves electrical safety and water flow, bringing energy efficiency. Reusing precious and scarce materials already present in buildings, such as granite, wooden blocks and precious stones, responds to environmental and social challenges faced by the mining industry and society in general.
Why is retrofitting attractive in downtown São Paulo?
With an area of 27 square kilometers and a population of around 500,000, the city center is the most vibrant area of the city. Its vast range of services, business activities, transportation, culture and housing is unmatched in comparison to the rest of São Paulo.
How is retrofitting changing downtown São Paulo?
Through programs such as the Central Urban Intervention Project and the Retrofit Law, the government, together with the private sector, predicts that more than 220,000 people will return to live in the city center in the next decade, an increase of around 50% compared to the current numbers - and without the need to build new buildings. In the last decade, the average price per square meter in the region has already increased by 50%.