Oscar 900

History

Oscar 900 is a development by RFMi with RKG Inc. and construction by RFMi, with architecture by AMZ Arquitetosi — Ricardo Hering and Gabriela Coelho —, interiors by Anastassiadis Arquitetosi and landscaping by Orsini Paisagismoi. The plot is the opposite of what the units’ floor area suggests: a tight corner on one of the most sought-after blocks in the city, where the development is only viable by stacking little per slab. The project’s answer was to embrace this as programme — one apartment per floor, thirteen of them, plus two special units on the penthouse level, and a base with studios that resolve the corner’s commercial face. Construction is well advanced; the developer does not publish a delivery date, and the year is not fixed here while the building remains unfinished.

• Concept: “the ground zero of Jardins”, in the developer’s own formulation — the line dividing the exclusivity of Bela Cintrai from the shop window of Oscar Freirei, with one apartment per floor on each side of it.
• Trivia: the building mixes two natures within the same tower — studios of 41 and 42 m² at the base and residences of 237 m² above —, an unusual arrangement in Jardins’ high-end market that stems from the corridor zoning governing this block.

Architecture and aesthetics

AMZ Arquitetosi‘s design concept starts from the metaphor the developer uses for its own name: art as line, and architecture as a line connecting to the history of the place. On a corner where the façade is seen up close and in motion — the Oscar Freire pavement is among the busiest in the city —, the design works the volume in bands and treats the base as part of the street, not as a wall. One apartment per floor means the whole slab belongs to the family and the lift opens into the private hall, with no shared landing. Interiors by Anastassiadis Arquitetosi and landscaping by Orsini Paisagismoi.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower. Thirteen units, each occupying an exclusive floor, plus a duplex and a triplex on the penthouse level; and studios at the base.
• Sizes: standard apartment of 237 m² with 3 suites; duplex of 383 m²; triplex penthouse of 514 m²; studios of 41 and 42 m².
• Parking: 3 spaces for the standard unit, 4 for the larger units.
• Structural highlights: one apartment per floor across the thirteen standard units; base with independent access for the studios.
• Registry and parameters: 1 tower · 1 apartment per floor (standard) · 3 suites · 3 to 4 parking spaces · private areas of 237 m² (standard), 383 m² (duplex), 514 m² (triplex penthouse) and 41 to 42 m² (studios) · registry jurisdiction 13th São Paulo Property Registryi · zoning ZEU. (Under construction: registry parameters to be consolidated at completion registration.)

Leisure and facilities

• Gym
• Pool
• Function room
• Children’s playroom

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Jardim Paulista: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Jardim Paulista and Cerqueira César, and both names are legitimate. The postcode records Cerqueira César; the high-end market treats the address as Jardim Paulista. This entry adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for those who search for it.

Few intersections in São Paulo carry as much information as this one. Rua Oscar Freirei, in the stretch between Rua Bela Cintrai and Rua Haddock Loboi, is the country’s most consolidated luxury retail corridor, and Rua Bela Cintrai, which crosses it here, is the service and dining street that sustains the corridor behind it — it is on it that Jardinsi effectively dines. Living on this corner means choosing the urban extreme of Jardim Paulistai: nothing here is quiet the way Alameda Francai or Rua Padre João Manueli are, and that is the address’s honest trade-off — the movement and noise of a commercial street in exchange for an entire life resolved on foot, with Oscar Freire Stationi on Line 4 – Yellow and Avenida Paulistai within the same walking radius. It is also a stretch under a structuring urban axis, which explains why a tall tower can exist here — and why tomorrow’s neighbours will come with more units per slab, not fewer.