Alvarengas

History

Alvarengas occupies number 263 Rua Pedroso Alvarenga, in Itaim Bibii. The condominium has appeared in federal public records since 1984, but the building is older than the registry itself: the city’s property survey places construction in 1975 and, as there is no second source confirming the year, this entry does not fix it. The authorship of the design, the development and the construction are not publicly documented and are therefore not attributed here.

• Concept: almost three hundred square metres and four en-suite bedrooms behind a garden, in the neighbourhood that learned to trade the setback for the commercial frontage.
• Curiosities: the postal service gave the building its own postcode — 04531-926, exclusive to number 263 — a distinction that on Pedroso Alvarenga belongs to only around thirty buildings out of an entire street. It is in that very record, incidentally, that the only divergence in the name appears: for the postal service the building is “Alvarenga”, singular; for the condominium’s registry and for the market, “Alvarengas”. The setback of the façade from the pavement is pointed out by those who know the neighbourhood as the largest in the vicinity.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single tower, set back from the street by a landscaped strip — a solution Itaim Bibii gradually abandoned as it became an office address and alignment with the pavement came to matter more than the garden. What sustains the building is the floor plan: integrated living and dining rooms lit by large windows, four en-suite bedrooms in the private wing, pantry and kitchen, service area and full staff quarters. The architectural authorship is not documented in a public source and is not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower.
• Areas: 279 to 296 m² in the layouts in circulation, with 3 and 4 bedrooms and up to 4 en-suite bedrooms; 6 bathrooms in the 290 m² layout.
• Parking: 2 in the standard layout; the units in circulation include some with 3.
• Structural highlights: landscaped front setback; internal green area; gas heating.
• Registry and parameters: 1 tower · private areas from 279 m² to 296 m² · 3 and 4 bedrooms · up to 4 en-suite bedrooms · 2 to 3 parking spaces · registry jurisdiction 4th São Paulo Property Registryi.

Leisure and facilities

• Equipped gym
• Party room
• Green area

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Itaim Bibii is the neighbourhood São Paulo turned into an office district without ceasing to live in it. Rua Pedroso Alvarenga runs in the direction of Rua São Gabriel and Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Limai, through the residential stretch that separates Itaim’s street-level commerce from the corporate grid of Avenida Juscelino Kubitscheki and Vila Olímpiai. It is an address of dual nature: a block for living, with single-tower buildings bearing proper names with the postal service, surrounded by the city’s largest concentration of restaurants, banks and services.