Camapuã

History

Camapuã was delivered in 1971, on the first block of Rua João Cachoeira, when Itaim Bibii was still a neighbourhood of houses and the shops on Rua Tabapuãi barely existed. It is a building from the crop that preceded vertical Itaim: single tower, twelve storeys, on a 630 m² lot that today would not accommodate a launch of the same height. The authorship of the project and the company responsible for the construction are not documented in a public source and are therefore not attributed here.

• Concept: height and floor area on a small lot — the building resolves the programme vertically, with no leisure area competing for land with the tower.
• Trivia: the building’s floor plans were never uniform. Units of 132 m² and apartments over 300 m² coexist at the same address, and the penthouse in circulation on the market has 400 m² — nearly triple the tower’s smallest floor plan.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single twelve-storey tower, built on a 630 m² plot with a garden at ground level. The scale belongs to the early 1970s in Itaim Bibii: a compact volume, a discreet façade, without the generous setbacks or leisure halls that legislation and the market would come to require decades later. What the building offers is the scarcest thing in the region — large floor area at an address within walking distance of everything. The architectural authorship is not publicly documented.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 12 storeys.
• Floor areas: 132 to 300 m² on the standard floors, with 2 and 4 bedrooms. Listings in circulation also record a 400 m² penthouse with 4 bedrooms and 2 suites.
• Parking spaces: 1 on the smallest floor plan; 2 on the larger units and the penthouse.
• Structural highlights: a 630 m² plot with a green area and gourmet space at ground level.
• Registry and parameters: plot 630 m² · 1 tower · 12 storeys · private areas from 132 m² to 300 m² (400 m² penthouse) · 2 to 4 bedrooms · 1 to 2 parking spaces · delivered 1971.

Leisure and facilities

• Gourmet space in the common area
• Green area
• Barbecue area
• Concierge
• Lift

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Itaim Bibi and Vila Nova Conceição, and both names are legitimate. The postcode registers Vila Nova Conceição; the high-end market treats the address as Itaim Bibi. This entry adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for those who search for it.

Itaim Bibii is the neighbourhood that became a centre without ceasing to be a neighbourhood. Rua João Cachoeira begins in the residential stretch, between Rua Manuel Guedesi and Rua Tabapuãi, and runs down toward Vila Olímpiai crossing the street-level shops that made the region’s name — restaurants, stores, fine services, all within walking distance. From number 272 you reach Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Limai, Shopping Iguatemii and Parque do Povoi within minutes, and yet the block keeps the quiet of the inner streets. It is the address for those who want the city’s financial axis just outside the door and a quiet street on the inside.