Geometria Itaim

History

From Benxi with the builder Bueno Nettoi, with architecture by Aflalo Gasperinii, the Geometria is a high-end building with one apartment per floor in Itaimi. The project, designed in 2012, started from a question that came before any façade: how to place a single tower on a plot of more than 2,300 m² on a side street off Faria Limai, without handing the bedrooms over to the avenue or the living rooms to the back of the plot. The answer did not come from the floor plan — it came from how the building was placed on the site, and that is where the building’s name comes from.

• Concept: the intelligent layout, with the tower rotated to open up the best views.
• Curiosities: it is another project by Aflalo Gasperinii in the area, the practice behind Faccesi and Fasano Itaimi.

Architecture and aesthetics

The tower is built on the plot’s diagonal, rotated relative to Rua Elvira Ferraz — a helm-like gesture, orienting the deck. The rotation separates the rooms onto opposite sides: the living rooms face Faria Limai and the urban void, while the bedrooms, set back fifteen metres from the pavement, face the local street, which is quieter and better lit by the sun. The approach composes two stacked volumes: a regular lower body and, above it, a volume of curved terraces that opens up the view. It stands 94 metres tall, and the diagonal gives the building a volumetric presence over an avenue it does not even address. There is no documented credit for interior design or landscaping, and none is attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary, with a rotated layout.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower, 27 floors (24 in the registry), one apartment per floor, 2 social lifts. Plot of 2,321 m².
• Sizes: 322 m², 4 suites.
• Parking: 5 spaces (1 for an electric car).
• Structural highlights: tower rotated 45 degrees to maximise views and infrastructure for an electric car.
• Registry and parameters: 2,321 m² plot · 65 m frontage · 1 tower · 24 storeys · 1 unit per floor · 25 units · 4 bedrooms · 5 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · 3 lifts · private areas of 323 m² (standard) and 534 m² (penthouse) · registry authority 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · ZM zoning · 2x building potential ratio · 28 m height limit. Design by Aflalo Gasperinii, development by Benxi.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated indoor pool
• Sauna
• Gym
• Children’s play room
• Playground
• Multi-sport court
• Green area
• Party hall
• Games room
• 24-hour front desk

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 Olímpia, and both names are legitimate. The postcode registers Vila Olímpia; the high-end market treats the address as Itaim Bibi. This record adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for anyone searching by it.

Rua Elvira Ferraz is a short side street off Faria Limai, already bordering Vila Olímpiai — the address belongs to Itaimi by the life it leads, not by the line on the map. It is the stretch where the neighbourhood is more corporate than residential: office towers all around, Shopping JK Iguatemii a little over five hundred metres away and the avenue’s axis one block away. The counterweight comes from the side street itself, which is not a through-route, and from Parque do Povoi, about a kilometre away, when greenery is wanted. Here, people live to step out of the lift and already be at work.