Clara

History

Clara is by LIV Inci with Kopstein — the São Paulo developer formed by the Camargo family in partnership with the Rio Grande do Sul firm, which makes signature architecture the axis of its product and concentrates its activity in the Jardinsi and Vila Nova Conceição. Here the signature is that of Bernardes Arquiteturai, the practice Thiago Bernardes has run since 2012; the landscaping is by Rodrigo Oliveirai. It is the developer’s second address on this same stretch of Rua da Consolaçãoi — Serenai, by Isay Weinfeld, is at number 3358, on the other side of the road — and the logic behind both is the same: a small plot, few units, one author per building. The work is under way; the delivery date is not published by the developer and, for that reason, is not fixed here.

• Concept: perfectionism of form — elegant, discreet and minimalist architecture, with a timeless finish.
• Trivia: the entrance hall has a double-height ceiling and houses a work by Tomás Saraceno conceived to measure for the space. The building also sets aside an office floor and one non-residential unit, an unusual programme for a building of large floor plans.

Architecture and aesthetics

Bernardes Arquiteturai works here in the key of restraint: a sober volume on Consolação, understated materiality, and the decision to resolve the building through proportion rather than ornament. The programme is organised into two flats per floor, in a standard and an expanded version — the same size comes with four or three en-suites depending on how much the living area is expanded. The 442 m² garden floor and the 517 m² duplex penthouse close off the extremes of the area chart. The landscaping is by Rodrigo Oliveirai, who signs the gardens of the ground floor and the leisure level.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 2 flats per floor (units 01 and 02), with a garden floor, an office floor, one non-residential unit, a leisure mezzanine and three basement levels.
• Sizes: 305 and 326 m² on the standard floor, in standard and expanded versions, with 3 to 4 en-suites; 442 m² garden floor with 4 en-suites; 517 m² duplex penthouse with 4 en-suites.
• Parking spaces: 3 spaces on the standard floor and the garden floor, 5 in the duplex penthouse.
• Structural highlights: double-height entrance hall with a commissioned artwork, three basement parking levels, a leisure floor on a mezzanine and an office floor.
• Registration and parameters: 1 tower · 2 units per floor · 3 to 5 en-suites · 3 to 5 parking spaces · private areas of 305 to 326 m² (standard floor), 442 m² (garden floor) and 517 m² (duplex) · registry jurisdiction 13º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZEU. (Under construction: registry parameters to be consolidated on completion.)

Leisure and facilities

• Swimming pool
• Function room
• Fitness
• Sauna
• Children’s playroom
• Ground-floor leisure area with garden
• Entrance hall with double-height ceiling

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Cerqueira César: the address

This stretch of Rua da Consolaçãoi is the seam between Avenida Paulistai and the Jardinsi: on one side the density of offices, hospitals and culture of Paulista; on the other, the residential fabric of tree-lined alamedas that runs down to Rua Oscar Freirei and Alameda Lorenai. It is a cultural corner address — MASPi, arti and theatre within walking distance — served by three metro stations at a short distance, among them Estação Oscar Freirei and Estação Paulistai. The trade-off is honest: Consolação is a busy thoroughfare, and silence here is won through the floor plan and the window frame, not the street. For the Post Office the address falls under Cerqueira César; on the market, it sells as Jardins — both things are true, and this entry records both.