Lincoln Garden

History

Lincoln Garden was born from an operation typical of the São Paulo property cycle of the late 2000s: the purchase of a mid-block still occupied by houses, in the stretch of Perdizesi bordering Barra Funda, and the replacement of everything with a single tower. The City Hall’s 2007 aerial survey still shows the plot covered by low-rise construction; the approval permit for the new building was issued in March 2009, the works permit in April of the same year, and construction was completed in 2011.

The project is by Israel Rewini, a São Paulo architect with a long track record in residential and commercial buildings, who lists Lincoln Garden in his own portfolio alongside other addresses the archive already knows — Palais Imperiali, The Parliamenti, Edifício Dorchesteri and San Paoloi. The development is credited to MC Construtorai, a recurring partner of the practice, and construction was carried out by Alimontii, who records it among its achievements as the building contractor.

• Concept: house-sized floor areas in a street-lot tower — 250 m² per unit, two per floor, with the leisure programme of a club-condominium resolved within a 1,875 m² plot.
• Curiosities: three basement parking levels for 36 apartments, which sustains the four to five parking spaces per unit plus a private storage unit — an unusual ratio for a street-lot plot. And the address has an administrative quirk: the post office and the land registry say Perdizesi, while the municipal building permit registered the plot as Barra Funda.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single eighteen-storey tower over three basement levels, with 14,950 m² of built area on a 1,875 m² plot. There are two apartments per floor, each with its own private social hall — the recurring concept of Israel Rewini, with lines between classic and contemporary, who resolves privacy through the floor plan before resolving it through the facade. The units feature a large multi-room living area, gourmet terrace, kitchen with island, dining room, guest toilet, three suites with the master featuring a sitting area and walk-in closet, and full staff quarters. The upper units look out over the greenery of Parque da Água Brancai and, on a clear day, towards the Cantareira range.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 18 storeys, 2 apartments per floor, 36 units, 3 basement levels.
• Floor areas: 240 to 250 m², with 3 bedrooms — all suites — and 5 to 6 bathrooms.
• Parking: 4 to 5 spaces, with private storage.
• Structural highlights: 14,950 m² of built area on a 1,875 m² plot; three basement parking levels; private social hall per unit; gourmet terrace and air conditioning in every room.
• Registry and parameters: plot 1,875 m² · built area 14,950 m² · 1 tower · 18 storeys · 3 basement levels · 2 apartments per floor · 36 units · 3 bedrooms · 3 suites · 5 to 6 bathrooms · 4 to 5 parking spaces · private areas from 240 m² to 250 m² · completed 2011 · registered with the 2º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · ZM zoning (Lei 16.402/2016).

Leisure and facilities

• Heated indoor pool with lane
• Outdoor pool, adult and children’s
• Sports court with artificial turf
• Gym
• Dry sauna and steam sauna
• Whirlpool bath with rest area
• Gourmet area with barbecue and pizza oven
• Function room
• Games room
• Children’s playroom
• Playground
• Green area
• 24-hour concierge
• Private lift

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Perdizes: the address

Perdizesi is the neighbourhood where São Paulo’s upper middle class settled to stay, and it has never needed reinvention to remain expensive. Rua Lincoln Albuquerque sits in the lower stretch, on the side where the neighbourhood meets Barra Funda — which, in practice, is the best of both worlds: a tree-lined residential area on one side and, on the other, Parque da Água Brancai, Estação Palmeiras-Barra Fundai with metro, train and coach station under the same roof, and direct access to the marginal expressways. PUC-SP, SENAC Francisco Matarazzo, Hospital Samaritanoi and the neighbourhood’s network of schools resolve education and healthcare without ever leaving the area. It is an address that combines what São Paulo almost never combines: the quiet of a residential street and the mobility of a major axis.