Manhattan

History

By Sampaio Bacosi, with architecture by Jonas Birgeri and Henrique Cambiaghi Filho, Manhattan is a high-end 2009 development in Itaimi, anchored steps from Parque do Povoi, about 270 metres from Faria Limai and 750 metres from Shopping JK Iguatemii. It’s a building from the vintage that preceded the wave of signature towers on the street: it was born on a narrow lot, with a twenty-metre frontage, and solved the equation through height, not width.

• Concept: well-located high-end living in Itaimi, a step from Faria Limai.

Architecture and aesthetics

The lot’s geometry dictates the building. There are 1,120 m² of land with just twenty metres of frontage onto Rua Leopoldo Couto de Magalhães Júniori — a slab, not a block — and the tower rises seventeen storeys to accommodate the thirty units and the standard floor areas. Inside, the design bets on continuity and period comfort: the living room is contiguous with the balcony, with no transition, and the master suite opens onto its own terrace, with two walk-in closets and a hydromassage tub. Automated lighting and air conditioning came already installed, a feature still uncommon in the 2009 vintage. The building’s public material describes the layout and the interior, not the façade’s composition, which is therefore not characterised here; nor is there any documented credit for interior design or landscaping.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary high-end.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower.
• Floor areas: standard unit of 277 m² (4 suites, 4 parking spaces); penthouse of 441 m² (4 parking spaces).
• Parking spaces: 4 spaces.
• Structural differentials: living room contiguous with the balcony, master suite with terrace and 2 walk-in closets with hydromassage tub, automated lighting and air conditioning.
• Registry and parameters: land 1,120 m² · frontage 20 m · 1 tower · 17 storeys · 30 units · private areas of 278, 441, 183 and 312 m² (penthouse 441 and 312 m²) · 4 bedrooms · 3 to 4 parking spaces · 3 to 4 bathrooms · 2 lifts · registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZM · buildable potential 2x · height limit 28 m.

Leisure and facilities

• Gym
• Barbecue area
• Outdoor adult and children’s pool
• Playground
• Multi-sports court
• Children’s playroom
• Concierge

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Number 1284 sits at the end of Rua Leopoldo Couto de Magalhães Júniori where it meets Faria Limai — about 270 metres separate the gate from the avenue that gave its name to the Brazilian financial market. It’s the busiest and best-connected end of the street: Parque do Povoi is just over two hundred metres away in the opposite direction, and Shopping JK Iguatemii about three hundred, with a primary school less than two hundred away. The Itaimi found here isn’t the quiet inner Itaim, it’s the Itaim of flow — with the compensation that almost nothing, in a day’s routine, requires getting into the car.