The Frame

History

From Benxi, with architecture by Pablo Slemensoni, interiors by David Bastosi and landscaping by Alex Hanazakii, The Frame is a one-apartment-per-floor high-end building anchored in Vila Nova Conceiçãoi, an arm’s reach from Parque Ibirapuerai. It brings together the same signature trio behind Sarandi Jardinsi.

• Concept: low-density high-end living, with one resident per floor and a signature team, in Vila Nova Conceiçãoi.
• Curiosities: the ceiling height is 3.42 m, and the penthouse is a triplex with a private pool.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single tower, one apartment per floor, 13,885 m² of built area for twenty-two families: the ratio already tells you the brief is vertical, and that height, here, is what buys the view. The most consequential decision, though, is not one of façade but of section — the 3.42-metre ceiling height, almost half a metre above what high-end construction usually practises, changes the scale of the apartment before any finish is applied: the same floor plan feels like a different one under that ceiling. The name states the rest of the brief, and the building delivers it: each floor reads from outside as a loose frame set over Vila Nova Conceiçãoi, and the whole as a stack of them. At the top, the penthouse is a triplex with a private pool. The team is the same as Sarandi Jardinsi: architecture by Pablo Slemensoni, interiors by David Bastosi and landscaping by Alex Hanazakii.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Design: contemporary high-end.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower, 27 storeys (21 on record), one per floor, 22 units (20 standard type, 1 Maison and 1 triplex penthouse). Plot of 1,558 m², built area of 13,885 m². 2 social lifts and 1 service lift.
• Areas: standard type of 358 m² (4 suites, 4 parking spaces); Maison of 620 m² (5 parking spaces); triplex penthouse of 771 m² (with private pool, up to 7 parking spaces).
• Parking: 4 spaces in the standard type, up to 7 in the penthouse.
• Structural highlights: 3.42 m ceiling height and triplex penthouse with private pool.
• Registry and parameters: plot 1,159 m² · 1 tower · 21 storeys · one per floor · 22 units · private areas of 359 m² (standard type) and 771 m² (Maison/penthouse) · 4 bedrooms · 4 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · 3 lifts · registry jurisdiction 14º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZM · buildable potential 2x · height limit 28 m.

Leisure and facilities

• Pool with wet deck and 25 m lane
• Sauna with shower
• Gym and fitness area
• Pilates
• Party room
• Children’s playroom
• External garden

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Vila Nova Conceição: the address

The 578 sits mid-block on Avenida Hélio Pellegrinoi, below the corner with Rua Marcos Lopes and above the blocks that run down towards the park — and that in-between position is the charm of the address: it gets the convenience of the avenue without being on its corner. What offsets the frontage onto the avenue is what lies behind: the Colégio Mobilei block, with its early-years and secondary units less than two hundred metres away, and the mesh of short streets that hands back the quiet a block away. The Tuesday market sets up practically on the pavement, and Parque Ibirapuerai is a little over seven hundred metres away, a ten-minute walk. It’s a short-routine address: almost everything the day requires fits within a radius you can cover on foot.