San Paolo

History

By Fraihai, with architecture by Pablo Slemensoni, interiors by Fernanda Marquesi and landscaping by Cenárioi, San Paolo is a tall tower in Alto de Pinheirosi, on a corner plot, with a vertical-garden façade. With two flats per floor, it raises a column-free living-room prow integrated with the gourmet balcony, on a deck suspended 120 m above the ground.

• Concept: the tall, low-density-per-floor tower, with a vertical garden on the façade, in Alto de Pinheiros.
• Curiosities: it is 120 m tall and has a vertical-garden façade.

Architecture and aesthetics

Pablo Slemensoni‘s design takes advantage of the corner: with two open faces, the 120-metre tower could carry on its façade the vertical garden that is its visible mark — plant mass applied to a tall volume, in a neighbourhood always read through ground-level greenery. The engineering follows the same design: the column-free living room, integrated with the gourmet balcony, only exists because the structure was pushed out of the social void, and that is what allows the whole layout to open onto the view side. Interiors by Fernanda Marquesi and landscaping by Cenárioi.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary high-end, with a vertical garden on the façade.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: a single 120 m tower, 36 floors (30 standard, plus a duplex penthouse, mezzanine, ground floor and 3 basements), 2 flats per floor, 58 flats. Corner plot of 3,121 m². Vertical-garden façade.
• Sizes: standard units of 277 to 342 m² (3 to 4 en-suites, 3 to 4 parking spaces and storage); duplex penthouses of 506 and 632 m²; garden units.
• Parking: 3 to 4 spaces, with storage.
• Structural highlights: column-free living room integrated with the gourmet balcony, central solar heating and an electric-vehicle charging point.
• Registry and parameters: 1,462 m² plot (land registry export; the developer’s material cites a 3,121 m² corner plot) · 1 tower · 36 floors · 2 units per floor · 58 units · 3 to 4 bedrooms · 3 to 4 parking spaces · registry jurisdiction 10º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZM · 2x building potential ratio · 28 m height limit (registry figure; the tower as designed reaches 120 m in height).

Leisure and facilities

• Tennis court with support facilities
• Large multi-use fitness centre
• Pools
• Spa
• Beauty salon
• Concierge
• Delivery room with fridge
• Armoured guardhouse
• Full generator

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Alto de Pinheiros: the address

The corner of Rua Vupabussu and Natingui sits at the seam between Alto de Pinheirosi and Pinheirosi — the urban side of that border, where the garden-suburb has already given way to smaller blocks, street-level commerce and bustle. That explains the address: from here it is only a few blocks to Largo da Batatai and Estação Faria Limai, with Instituto Tomie Ohtakei and Parque Victor Civitai along the way, and the Faria Limai axis reachable without a car. What proximity to Alto de Pinheiros adds is the other side of the equation: tree cover and a low height limit ahead, which for a 120-metre tower translate into an open outlook towards the garden-suburb.