Barão de Pirapitingui

History

Barão de Pirapitingui stands at number 195 Rua Maranhão, in the residential heart of Higienópolisi — a block where every neighbouring lot is registered with the city as a condominium, without a single commercial exception. The condominium has appeared in federal records since 1984, but the building is older than its own registration: market surveys place its construction in the early 1970s and disagree between 1971 and 1974, which is why this entry does not fix a year. The authorship of the project is not publicly documented and is therefore not attributed here.

• Concept: the large Higienópolis slab — more than three hundred private square metres, three suites and high ceilings on a plot that today would no longer produce a building like this.
• Trivia: the plot’s numbers are in the municipal register and explain the rest. There are 744 m² of land for a built footprint of 332 m²: less than half the plot sits under the tower, and what remains is the garden that agents working the building describe. Each unit also has a private storage room in the basement — an architectural feature, not a sales-sheet item.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single building on the plot, with a height of 38.7 metres in the municipal register and a built footprint of 332 m². This is the São Paulo residential approach of the 1970s: a compact volume on a wide plot, with the setback turned into a garden rather than an open car park. Inside, the two floor plans in circulation repeat the same traits — high ceilings, large windows facing the morning sun, a three-room living area and a full service section with staff quarters. The penthouse is a duplex and carries the pool terrace up to the second floor. The architectural authorship is not publicly documented and is therefore not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: a single tower — the municipal register lists only one building on the plot. The number of floors and units is not publicly documented.
• Floor areas: 337 m² on the standard floor, with 3 suites; 680 m² duplex penthouse, with 5 bedrooms and 3 suites. Listings in circulation record floor plans from 3 to 6 bedrooms.
• Parking spaces: 2 on the standard floor, 3 on the penthouse, with a private basement storage room per unit.
• Structural highlights: high ceilings, east-facing large windows, private basement storage and a garden in the plot’s setback.
• Registry and parameters: plot 744 m² · single tower · built footprint 332 m² · height 38.7 m in the municipal register · private areas of 337 m² (standard floor) and 680 m² (duplex penthouse) · 2 to 3 parking spaces · registry jurisdiction 5º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZM.

Leisure and facilities

• Gym
• 24-hour concierge
• Lift
• Garden

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Higienópolis: the address

Higienópolisi is the neighbourhood where São Paulo decided to live well long before the city chose to sprawl outward — and where it has kept on living. Rua Maranhão runs through the heart of this fabric, between Rua Itacolomi and Rua Sabará, on a block that the city registers lot by lot as residential and where named buildings follow one another in direct proximity: at 181, at 213, at 250, at 251, at 261. Nearby are Parque Buenos Airesi, Shopping Pátio Higienópolisi, FAAP, Mackenzie and the row of traditional schools that makes Higienópolis the address of families who choose the school before choosing the house. The metro arrives via Higienópolis-Mackenzie station, and Avenida Paulistai and Hospital Sírio-Libanêsi are minutes away.