Porto Pinheiros

History

Porto Pinheiros is by Camargo Corrêa Desenvolvimento Imobiliário, the real estate arm of the Camargo Corrêa group. The development deed was registered on 31 May 2006, under two title numbers — one for each building, Vitral and Aquarela —, and the project was delivered in September 2009. The architectural design is by Marcio Curi and Azevedo Antunes, the landscaping by Benedito Abbudi and the interior design by Débora Aguiari. The site layout is the decision that defines the development: instead of a single tower maximising the plot, the scheme opened two street fronts — numbers 311 and 343 — and set aside the middle of the two plots, totalling 3,367 m², for a landscaped central avenue.

• Concept: two towers with two apartments per floor, linked by a landscaped avenue by Benedito Abbudi — leisure at ground level, not on top of the car park slab.
• Curiosities: the condominium has two building names and one development name, and the market gets lost in it: the Aquarela is number 343 and the Vitral is number 311, and records list them sometimes together, sometimes as if they were different condominiums. The common-area programme also keeps a rare item for 2006: besides a playroom and sauna, the project included a beauty room, a women’s space and a lan house — the exact portrait of what the high end considered a service at the turn of the 2010s.

Architecture and aesthetics

Two towers from the same family, set at the rear of two adjoining plots to free up the middle of the block. Each has two apartments per floor and one lift, which gives the development the scale of a small building repeated, rather than a single large block. The common area is at ground level and walkable: the Praça das Plumérias and the central avenue stitch the two buildings together, and the landscaping by Benedito Abbudi fills the space the development deliberately left empty. The interiors and show flats are by Débora Aguiari. The floor plans range from 181 m² to 344 m², with a terrace on the standard units, and the layout favours en-suite bedrooms: there are 3 or 4 across every typology.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 2 towers — Aquarela (no. 343) and Vitral (no. 311) —, 2 apartments per floor in each, 75 units in total.
• Floor areas: private areas of 181 m², 223 m² and 344 m², with 3 and 4 bedrooms and 3 or 4 en suites.
• Parking spaces: 3, 4 or 5, depending on the typology.
• Structural highlights: 1 lift per tower; terrace on the standard units; landscaped central avenue and Praça das Plumérias between the two buildings; lobby with access control.
• Registry and parameters: plots of 2,112 m² (no. 343) and 1,255 m² (no. 311), totalling 3,367 m² · 2 towers · 2 apartments per floor · 75 units · 1 lift per tower · 3 to 4 bedrooms · 3 to 4 en suites · 3 to 5 parking spaces · private areas of 181 m² to 344 m² · development deed registered on 31/05/2006 · delivered in September 2009 · registry jurisdiction 10º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi (Pinheiros subdistrict) · zoning ZEU, Law 16.402/2016.

Leisure and facilities

• Uncovered, heated adult outdoor pool
• Children’s pool
• Poolside bar
• Gym / fitness
• Dry sauna
• Wet sauna
• Beauty room
• Women’s space
• Gourmet lounge
• Function room
• Playroom
• Recreation space
• Playground
• Lan house
• Social hall
• Landscaped central avenue
• Praça das Plumérias
• Lobby with access control

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Pinheiros: the address

Rua Doutor Virgílio de Carvalho Pinto is a short, narrow street at the heart of Pinheirosi, between Rua Teodoro Sampaio and Rua Artur de Azevedo, a block from Rua Fradique Coutinho. It is a neighbourhood address in the literal sense: the street-level shops, the antique dealers of Praça Benedito Calixto and the pavement life are all within walking distance, and Fradique Coutinho stationi, on Line 4-Yellow, serves the block without the underground ever showing up in the streetscape. Faria Limai is less than a kilometre away, giving the resident the rare arrangement of having the financial axis close and the avenue itself far from the window. The same street is home to Mackintoshi, at number 106 — different buildings, and the street holds both without losing its character.