Île de Soleil

History

Île de Soleil belongs to the pair that opens Alfa Realtyi‘s portfolio: the developer was founded in 2002 and launched its operation with two neighbouring buildings on the same street in Higienópolis — Île de la Cité and Île de Soleil —, presented from then on as a single 7,000 m² development of eighteen units, developed in partnership with RFMi. The architecture is by the firm Anastassiadis Arquitetosi, which the developer describes as a long-standing partner of the house. In its manifesto, Alfa says its own history begins right there, on Rua Minas Gerais — and the pair earned the company the 2006 Master Imobiliário Award, granted to Île de la Cité.

• Concept: Paris as the sole reference. The developer defines the concept as classic French style, “sophisticated without excess; elegantly European” — the reading it makes of Higienópolis itself.
• Trivia: there is an address curiosity in this building. The developer’s material and property portals publish number 145; the condominium’s registration with the Federal Revenue, OpenStreetMap and Google Maps record the building at number 115, on the same street and with the same postcode. This entry adopts 115, which is how the condominium itself is declared. And there is a size curiosity: with only five floors in a neighbourhood of towers, the building is wider than it is tall — the frontage of a Parisian building, not the silhouette of a São Paulo tower.

Architecture and aesthetics

A low, horizontal volume of five floors, in a classic French language: it is the trait the developer points to as the hallmark of the work, “capable of recreating the whole atmosphere of the City of Light.” The concept is one of composition, not height — the building resolves its presence in the street alignment and the façade design, not in verticality. The project is by Anastassiadis Arquitetosi, a firm founded by Patricia Anastassiadis, who in the following years would become the Brazilian name most sought after by ultra-luxury hospitality. The 1,148 m² plot houses twelve flats — a low density for the neighbourhood’s standard.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 building, 5 floors, 12 units. Together with Île de la Cité, on the same street, the original development totals 18 units and 7,000 m².
• Sizes: 347 m² in the standard unit in circulation, with 3 suites and a balcony; the stock in circulation records floor plans of 300 to 400 m².
• Parking: 5.
• Structural highlights: a 1,148 m² plot for only twelve units; a low, five-floor volumetry, uncommon in the neighbourhood’s vertical stock.
• Registry and parameters: plot 1,148 m² · 1 building · 5 floors · 12 units · private area of 347 m² in the standard unit · 3 suites · 5 parking spaces · delivered 2008.

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Higienópolis: the address

Rua Minas Gerais is one of the short streets of Higienópolisi — it starts at Avenida Dr. Arnaldo and ends a few blocks further on, without serving as a through-route for anyone. It is the stretch where the neighbourhood borders Pacaembui and Consolação, and so it accumulates three things at once: the residential quiet of Higienópolis, the greenery of Pacaembu and the quick way out to Avenida Paulistai, a few minutes away via Dr. Arnaldo. Paulista Stationi on Line 4-Yellow is a short walk away; so are Praça Vilaboim, Shopping Pátio Higienópolisi and the row of traditional schools in the neighbourhood.