Mediterranée

History

Mediterranée occupies number 957 of Alameda Joaquim Eugênio de Lima, in the quadrant of Jardim Paulistai that separates Avenida Paulistai from Avenida Nove de Julhoi — the part of the neighbourhood that went vertical first, back in the 1960s and 1970s, when the avenue was a street of houses and became a street of towers within a decade. The condominium has been on federal records since 1988, but the building is older than the registry itself: market surveys place the construction in the mid-1970s, and none of them is first-hand, which is why this page does not fix a year. The authorship of the project is not publicly documented and, for that reason, is not attributed here.

• Concept: one apartment per floor on a thousand-square-metre plot — the 1970s solution for privacy, which solves through the floor plan what today is attempted through the front desk.
• Trivia: “Mediterranée” is one of the most repeated names in São Paulo’s cartography. In the open buildings registry alone there are namesakes in Tatuapé, Santana, Osasco and Ribeirão Preto — and there is a second Mediterranee within Jardim Paulista itself, on Rua José Maria Lisboa. They are not the same building, and it’s the door number, not the name, that tells one from the other.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single tower, 59.8 metres tall, with a single apartment per floor. With no neighbour on the landing, the floor plan occupies the entire slab and the façade can open into a continuous balcony instead of a contained window: the 135 m² living room receives light from more than one face, and the ceiling height is tall for the standard of the vintage. The internal layout is that of 1970s high-end living and has remained legible in the units in circulation — a living room opening onto several areas, four bedrooms with three suites, a master suite with two walk-in closets, and a full service sector, with staff quarters and its own circulation. The architectural signature is not publicly documented and, for that reason, is not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower, with 1 apartment per floor. The number of storeys and units is not publicly documented.
• Floor areas: 380 m² is the recurring size of the units in circulation, with 4 bedrooms and 3 suites; the archive records floor plans from 300 to 550 m² and 3 to 5 bathrooms.
• Parking spaces: 2 to 3 per unit, in a row.
• Structural differentials: one apartment per floor; 135 m² living room with high ceilings; balcony with a view; master suite with two walk-in closets; full staff quarters with independent circulation.
• Registry and parameters: plot 1,050 m² · single tower · 1 apartment per floor · height of 59.8 m in the municipal registry · private areas from 300 to 550 m², with 380 m² as the recurring size · 3 suites · 2 to 3 parking spaces · registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZEU (Urban Transformation Structuring Axis).

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Jardim Paulista: the address

Alameda Joaquim Eugênio de Lima is one of the streets that stitch Jardim Paulistai to Avenida Paulistai: it starts at the avenue’s spine and descends, block by block, towards the heart of the Jardinsi. The stretch around number 957, between Alameda Sarutaiá and Alameda Fernão Cardim, is among the most residential of that stitching — the neighbouring lots are registered one by one as condominiums, with no corporate tower out front. From there you can walk to Paulista, to Parque Tenente Siqueira Camposi, to Hospital Sírio-Libanêsi and to the Brigadeiro metro station; and, by car, within minutes, to Rua Oscar Freirei and the Avenida Nove de Julhoi axis. It’s an address that resolves both cities at once: the working one, which happens on Paulista, and the weekend one, which happens in the Jardins.