Agia Faria Lima

History

By Arquiplani, with more than 70 years in the market, and designed by Pablo Slemensoni, the Agia Faria Lima grows out of a Mediterranean reference: Agia Napa, on the island of Cyprus, a land of beaches and centuries-old sculptures. The name of the building and that of Rua Chipre itself speak to the theme — the art of living in harmony between energy and serenity, close to Faria Limai.

• Concept: the Mediterranean serenity of Agia Napa translated into contemporary architecture.
• Curiosities: entrance hall with double-height ceiling and an arrival porte-cochère.

Architecture and aesthetics

The Mediterranean reference is a theme, not a pastiche: the built line is contemporary, and what comes from Agia Napa is the light — the floor-to-ceiling windows that open the units from end to end. There are fifteen apartments across fourteen floors, a density that brings the building close to one apartment per floor and supports the private hall in each unit. Arrival was treated as part of the architecture, not as a service: the car stops under the porte-cochère and the resident enters a double-height hall — a sequence that gives the building the scale of a small hotel rather than a building lobby. The design is by Pablo Slemensoni.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Character: contemporary lines with premium finishing.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, about 15 apartments.
• Areas: standard units from 231 to 240 m² (3 en-suite bedrooms, adaptable to 4); duplex penthouses of ~465 to 466 m².
• Parking: 4 in the standard unit, up to 5 in the duplex.
• Structural highlights: floor-to-ceiling windows, private hall and automation.
• Registry and parameters: plot 1,200 m² (registry spreadsheet; the registry record shows a 30 m frontage and a plot value truncated by OCR) · 1 tower · 14 floors · 15 units · 4 bedrooms · 4 or 5 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · 2 lifts · private areas of 232, 328, 442 and 466 m² (penthouse 466 m²) · registry jurisdiction 4th São Paulo Property Registryi · zoning ZM · building potential 2× · height limit 28 m.

Leisure and facilities

• Party room
• Adult pool
• Children’s playroom
• Sauna
• Gourmet area
• Gym
• Spa
• Massage room
• Solarium
• 24-hour concierge

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Vila Olímpia: the address

Vila Olímpiai is the former industrial district turned corporate hub: where there was once a warehouse there is now Class AAA office space, and the life of the neighbourhood is organised around Faria Limai and JKi. Rua Chipre sits outside those axes — it is a residential street, tucked against the neighbourhood’s most expensive quadrant without being on its avenue. That is the scarce commodity here: there is no shortage of office space and a shortage of quiet streets, and an address just a few blocks from JK Iguatemii and Shopping Vila Olímpiai without inheriting the flow of the two avenues is a combination the neighbourhood’s stock does not replace.