Helbor Sur La Cité

History

The development was born from a land assembly operation: fourteen low-rise buildings occupied the plot on Rua Capital Federal in 2007, and the following year the City Council approved a residential building of 12,110 m² of built area on a 2,191 m² plot in their place. The new-build planning permit was issued in September 2008, in the name of a special-purpose company named after the street itself; the construction permit came in September 2010, and it is from that date that the start of construction is counted. The project is by EGC Arquiteturai, a São Paulo firm specialising in residential buildings, under the technical responsibility of Wilson Marchi Júnior. The commercial name and the condominium’s own registration bear the signature of Helbori, a developer from Mogi das Cruzes that concentrated much of its São Paulo output in the Perdizes and Sumaré neighbourhoods at the turn of the 2010s.

• Concept: large sizes and a square floor plan in a neighbourhood that was densifying with mid-range product — 201 m² with three suites, an office, three integrated living rooms, a scullery, a pantry and a gourmet balcony, in a single block of thirty-four families.
• Trivia: the difference between the building’s two ends is greater than one of size. The standard floor plan has 201 m², three suites and four parking spaces; the duplex penthouse has 319 m², a private pool and garden on the terrace, four suites on the upper floor, seven bathrooms and five parking spaces. It is the same building, but it is not the same product — and the penthouse is unique.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single vertical block on a wide corner plot, with the base resolving parking and leisure and the tower reserved for the units. The floor plan is the guiding concept: square, with the living area in three integrated spaces opening onto a gourmet balcony and the private area tucked away at the back — a design that treats the flat like a house, with a scullery, pantry and office kept separate from the living area. The penthouse reverses the logic and treats the top floor like a plot of land: an open living area onto a gourmet terrace and an open-plan kitchen, and outside, a pool, garden and view. The architectural design is credited to EGC Arquiteturai, according to the municipal planning permit; the interiors and landscaping credits are not publicly documented and, therefore, are not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 block, 34 units, according to the municipal new-build planning permit. The number of floors appears inconsistently in the municipal register and, therefore, remains open.
• Sizes: 201 m² for the standard unit, with 3 suites, an office, three integrated living rooms, a scullery, a pantry and a gourmet balcony, and 5 bathrooms; duplex penthouse of 319 m², with 4 bedrooms, 4 suites on the upper floor and 7 bathrooms.
• Parking: 4 in the standard unit, with private storage; 5 in the penthouse.
• Structural highlights: built area of 12,110 m² on a 2,191 m² plot, private storage per unit, gourmet balcony in the standard unit, and a terrace with private pool and garden in the penthouse.
• Registry and parameters: plot 2,191.05 m² per the planning permit (2,158 m² in the tax register) · built area 12,110.29 m² · 1 block · 34 units · private areas from 201 to 319 m² · 3 to 4 suites · 4 to 5 parking spaces · new-build planning permit on 11 Sep 2008 and construction permit on 10 Sep 2010 · registry jurisdiction 2nd São Paulo Property Registryi (Perdizes sub-district) · zoning ZM, Law 16.402/2016.

Leisure and facilities

• Two heated pools
• Fully equipped gym
• Sauna
• Two function rooms
• Games room
• Gourmet area and barbecue
• Children’s playroom
• Playground
• Lift

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Perdizes: the address

Perdizesi is the neighbourhood São Paulo chose when it wanted neither downtown nor the Jardins: residential, tree-lined, with narrow streets and corner shops, with an established upper-middle-class tradition and a market that hardly depends on new launches. Rua Capital Federal sits in the pocket the postal service still calls Sumaré — the same fold where Rua Cayowaá and Rua Aimberê lie, between the neighbourhood’s two ends. From here, PUC-Cardoso de Almeida Stationi and Sumaré station are within reach without a car, and Shopping Pátio Higienópolisi, Parque da Água Brancai and the ring roads are just minutes away. It is an address of long-standing residents: those who arrive in Perdizes tend to move house within the neighbourhood itself.