Damata Itaim

History

By Idea!Zarvosi, with architecture by Isay Weinfeldi, Damata marks the developer’s return to Itaim Bibii. Idea!Zarvosi built its reputation by commissioning signature projects from named architects, and here it repeats the method on a 3,250 m² plot that accommodates four pieces of different natures — a residential tower, an office tower, studios and shops. What stitches the four together is not the shared basement: it is the void left at the centre of the plot.

• Concept: the architecture of Isay Weinfeldi in dialogue with the city, around a public square.
• Trivia: the development is mixed-use, with a residential tower, an office tower, studios and shops, all facing the square.

Architecture and aesthetics

Isay Weinfeldi‘s approach starts at ground level. Instead of occupying the whole plot and giving the city back a wall, the project opens a public square at the centre of the plot, and it is towards this square that the four pieces of the complex turn, with active façades at ground level — the street enters the plot instead of going around it. In the residential tower, the gourmet balcony wraps the floor plan on every face: no flat has a blind side, and the view no longer depends on the orientation drawn on the day of purchase. The materiality comes from stone cladding, and the complex avoids easy shine — restraint is the practice’s signature, and here it also applies to the thirty-seven storeys, which rise without decorative gesture. Landscaping by Rodrigo Oliveirai.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetic: authorial and contemporary, bearing the mark of Isay Weinfeldi.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: two towers (one residential and one office) around a public square, plus studios and shops. Residential tower with 37 storeys, 2 flats per floor, 4 lifts, 44 units. Plot of 3,250 m².
• Sizes: 250 m² on the standard floor, with combinations up to 500 m²; 2 to 3 en-suites (option).
• Parking spaces: 3 spaces, with storage and a private social lobby.
• Structural highlights: gourmet balcony with barbecue wrapping the floor plan, stone cladding and a public square with active façades.
• Registration and parameters: registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZEU · building potential 4x · unrestricted height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Social lobby
• Gym
• Massage room
• Dry and wet sauna
• Bicycle storage
• Swimming pools with a lane
• Spa
• Children’s area
• Sun terrace
• Communal terrace
• 24-hour security

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Rua da Mata sits in the northern quadrant of Itaim Bibii, within the perimeter the city has classified as an urban structuring corridor — the strip around the transport corridors where taller building is allowed and where the law, in exchange, asks for a ground floor open to the street. That explains the neighbourhood: the address shares space with an office tower and the bustle of the people who work there, not with the quiet of a strictly residential street. What it offers in exchange is pedestrian scale — two schools under two hundred and ten metres away, the Itaim street market on Tuesdays a few blocks off and Faria Limai reachable on foot. It is the Itaim that accepts being dense city and tries to do it well, with a square instead of a wall.