Retail rollouts, branded environments and Fortune 500 work.
Twelve-plus active and completed cases across Brazil, Peru and Chile — from single-site flagship stores to multi-site networks running on repeatable systems delivered by biglia.
01 — Hypermarket · Peru
Tottus — Jockey Plaza
Flagship hypermarket design inside Jockey Plaza, Lima — the largest shopping mall in Peru · Falabella Group
02 — Fortune 500 · Agri retail
Bayer
Point-of-sale rollout, mobile units and Espaço Bayer brand environments · Brazil
03 — Pharmacy network
Raia Drogasil
Store development across Brazil for LATAM's largest pharmacy chain (B3-listed, ~3,300 stores)
04 — Airport infrastructure
Aeroquip
Master plan for 8 Brazilian passenger terminals — phased 2031 and 2051 · 2019
05 — Agri industrial
Olfar
Point-of-sale customer experience for a consolidating agri-inputs player · Brazil
06 — Banking / financial
Ademicon
Branch design for the largest independent consortium in Brazil · Curitiba · 2020–21
07 — Organic retail
Korin
Supermarket concept for Brazil's pioneering organic food brand · São Paulo · 2018
08 — Trade show · brand
Ekoa
Demountable trade-show stand for a sustainable products brand · AgroBrasília
09 — Institutional retail
Cartório
Contemporary redesign of a notary office · Curitiba · 2021
capabilities
- Retail rollout
- Branded environments
- Flagship design
- Multi-site coordination
- Construction documents
Boutique residential — Paris, São Paulo and Córdoba.
Apartments and houses where the brief centres on material detail, light and craft rather than scale. biglia develops patrimonial reconstruction and author design, usually in close dialogue with the owners.
01 — Apartment · Paris
8 Rue Voltaire.
Paris 11ème · 2024
A compact Parisian apartment reorganised around light and verticality.
Full renovation of a narrow unit — a kitchen under a loft bed, bespoke storage along the circulation, and a bathroom distilled to its essentials. Glass block, lime-washed walls, oak floor and ceramic tiles.
02 — Apartment · São Paulo
Reverte.
Vila Mariana, São Paulo · built 2023
Modernist mid-rise apartment, reorganised around the exposed concrete structure.
Reorganisation of a dated plan into one continuous space — a full-height library wrapping the structural column, a quiet reading alcove, and a wood-and-stone kitchen set against raw ceiling slabs. Material study of oak joinery, white Corian and bare concrete.
03 — Apartment · Paris
34 bis Bv Saint-Marcel.
Paris 5ème · 2018
Patrimonial Haussmann apartment, fully restored and reorganised.
Preservation of mouldings, cornices and chevron parquet, with a new kitchen and bathroom inserted as quiet contemporary volumes. Material study of oak, cement tiles and matte-black metalwork.
04 — Reconversion · France
Houplines, Lille.
Lille, France · 2024
Reconversion of a historic brick storefront — the former La Gaufre du Pays Flamand — into a family home.
Preservation of the Flemish brick façade and arched vitrine, with a full new interior organised around a double-height living space, mezzanine floor, and two kitchens finished in sage green and powder pink.
05 — Patrimonial reconstruction · Argentina
Laprida 139.
Córdoba, Argentina
Patrimonial reconstruction of a late-19th-century casa chorizo in central Córdoba.
Full restoration of the stucco façade, moulded cornice, wrought-iron balcony and arched vitrine, with a new contemporary interior layout preserving the original rhythm of door-and-window openings. One of the office's flagship completed cases.
Projects developed by biglia inside Paulo Mendes da Rocha's studio in São Paulo.
Pritzker Prize 2006. Competition proposals and cultural interventions across Brazil and Cuba.
01 — Museum · São Paulo
MAC USP
Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo · with Paulo Mendes da Rocha · 2014
02 — Cultural · Cuba
Ciudad Vieja de la Habana
Intervention in Old Havana — circular structure over the bay · with Paulo Mendes da Rocha · 2014
Competition entries developed with partner studios Oficina Transversal and Diagrama Arquitetos (São Paulo).
Social housing, urban renewal and civic design across Brazil and Peru. A selection of the office's competition work since 2016, including four honourable mentions.
01 — Social housing · Brasília
CODHAB Santa Maria.
Brasília DF · 2016 · Honourable mention
Social-housing complex for CODHAB — a federal housing competition in Brasília.
Entry developed with Oficina Transversal (São Paulo). Dense perimeter blocks organised around interior patios and a continuous elevated footbridge connecting the public and semi-public levels.
02 — Social housing · Brasília
Sol Nascente.
Brasília DF · Honourable mention
Social-housing competition in Sol Nascente, one of Brasília's largest informal settlements undergoing regularisation.
Entry developed with Oficina Transversal (São Paulo). Long low-rise blocks with articulated concrete façades, galleries and shaded courtyards framing a continuous public ground.
03 — Urban design · Brasília
Ceilândia.
Ceilândia, Brasília DF · Honourable mention
Urban-design competition for a new residential sector in Ceilândia, on the periphery of Brasília.
Mid-rise perimeter blocks defining a continuous public ground, with productive agricultural edges and rainwater collection integrated at building scale.
04 — Social housing · Peru
MUTUO Lima.
Lima, Peru · Honourable mention · International competition
International social-housing competition in Lima — prototype for the informal city.
Entry developed with Diagrama Arquitetos (São Paulo), led by Dr. Arq. Jimmy Liendo Terán. A modular, incremental structure in wood and metal set into the misty hillside neighbourhoods of Lima, designed to grow with the family and the block.
05 — Cultural · Rio de Janeiro
Fiocruz Pavilion.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 2024
International competition for a new cultural pavilion inside the Fiocruz forest campus, Rio de Janeiro.
Entry developed with Diagrama Arquitetos (São Paulo), led by Dr. Arq. Jimmy Liendo Terán. A curved concrete wall skimming the forest floor and a shallow mirror of water, rooted in the Mendes da Rocha–school of silent civic monumentality.
