Reserva Botanika

History

From AK Realtyi, with architecture by Gui Mattosi, Reserva Botanika is anchored in Cidade Jardimi as a sustainable condominium of houses, on the boundary with Morumbi, a few metres from the Jockey Clubi, surrounded by preserved Atlantic Forest and facing the skyline. Each house has its own private lift and a gourmet rooftop, and the whole ensemble rests like a green enclave anchored among the treetops.

• Concept: the luxury house surrounded by preserved Atlantic Forest, in a gated condominium, in Cidade Jardimi.
• Curiosities: there is a 700 m² contemplation deck at treetop height.

Architecture and aesthetics

Gui Mattosi also signs this ensemble — the second in the neighbourhood under his hand — and the language shifts with the site, as befits a practice that does not repeat a formula: precise lines, large openings and natural light, here subordinated to a rare condition, that of having forest all around. The gesture that defines the project is the deck raised to treetop height: a lookout that faces neither a designed garden nor the city, but into the forest that was already there. That is the underlying difference — the green was not designed, it was preserved, and the layout accommodates it rather than replacing it. The private lift in each house closes the reasoning: with vertical circulation solved, the rooftop stops being an attic and becomes a living room.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary and sustainable.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: condominium of 15 houses surrounded by preserved Atlantic Forest, with woodland and a 700 m² contemplation deck at treetop height. Each house with a private lift, gourmet rooftop, electric-car charging point and automation.
• Sizes: from 690 to 850 m², 4 en-suite bedrooms (4 to 5 bathrooms).
• Parking: 4 spaces.
• Structural highlights: private lift per house, gourmet rooftop, electric-car charging point and automation.
• Registry and parameters: condominium of 15 houses · private areas from 690 to 850 m² (4 en-suite bedrooms, 4 to 5 bathrooms, 4 parking spaces) · registry jurisdiction 18º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZER-1 · unrestricted buildable potential · unrestricted height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated indoor pool with 25 m lap lane
• Gym
• Gourmet lounge
• Contemplation deck (700 m² woodland)
• Hammock area
• Playground
• Lounge with fireplace
• 24-hour security

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Cidade Jardim: the address

This is the northern edge of Cidade Jardimi, where the neighbourhood stops being residential heartland and touches three things at once: the listed racetrack of the Jockey Club de São Pauloi, which guarantees a green frontage no one will build on; the boundary with Morumbii; and the rail network of Pinheirosi. From here, Estação Butantãi on Line 4–Yellow is just over six hundred metres away and Estação Hebraica-Rebouçasi on Line 9–Emerald under eight hundred — a walk, not a drive — with Parque Bruno Covasi, the riverside, right below. Neither the multi-use complex of the Marginali nor the closed silence of the flower-named streets: this is the point where Cidade Jardim negotiates with the city.