The Albert Einstein Education and Research Center (AEERC) by Safdie Architects in collaboration with Perkins&Will represents a groundbreaking 45,000-square-meter medical education and research facility in São Paulo, Brazil, featuring a massive vaulted glass atrium with integrated gardens as the first medical school by a private hospital in Brazil.

Sustainability Consulting Role: Provided specialized early-phase sustainability consulting during concept design and schematic design phases, focusing on daylight optimization and natural ventilation potential studies. Conducted comprehensive thermal comfort analysis to support the building's innovative environmental systems and integration with the central atrium garden ecosystem. (Work performed while at Thornton Tomasetti)

Climate-Positive Solutions Delivered:

• Advanced daylight optimization studies for massive skylit atrium and surrounding educational spaces

• Natural ventilation potential analysis supporting passive environmental control strategies

• Thermal comfort concept modeling for multi-level green core and circulation areas

• Sustainable roof design with layered assembly filtering sunlight and mitigating heat gain

• Native Brazilian species integration in central atrium garden ecosystem

• Environmental systems coordination for sophisticated climate control of indoor gardens

Performance Outcomes:

• 45,000 square meters of innovative medical education and research space

• Sophisticated environmental control systems supporting indoor garden ecosystem

• Advanced daylight strategies optimizing natural illumination throughout facility

• Natural ventilation integration significantly reducing mechanical system loads

• Landmark sustainable medical education facility in Brazil

• Model for biophilic design in medical education environments globally