Paradiso Higienópolis

History

Paradiso is the work of the Elias Victor Nigri Construction Companyi, the CEVN — the family firm that since 1979 has brought together design, development and construction under one roof and that built a good part of Higienópolisi‘s ultra-high-end stock. The building was completed in July 1998, on a 2,019 m² plot between Rua Bahia and Avenida Angélicai, and belongs to the crop in which the developer consolidated the formula that defines it in the neighbourhood: a single tower, one family per floor, house-sized proportions and complete leisure facilities in the base.

The design choice that organises everything here is arithmetic. Nineteen standard floors, one door on each, and the twentieth and twenty-first reserved for a single duplex penthouse — the whole building has twenty owners. It is not a large building with large flats; it is a small building with very few doors.

• Concept: one flat per floor in 337 m² of private area, with 642 m² of total area per unit — the registered area accounts for the margin the floor plan does not show.
• Trivia: the tower has a single penthouse, and it occupies two entire floors: 583 m² private, 1,050 m² total area and six parking spaces, against the standard unit’s four. Every unit in the building, from the first floor to the penthouse, was born with its own private storage room.
• Not to be confused with: this is the Paradiso on Rua Pará, in Higienópolisi, built by CEVN — Elias Victor Nigrii — delivered in 1998. There is a second building with the same name, Paradiso Vila Romanai, on Rua Fábia, in Vila Romanai, built by Mofarreji with development by Tegrai: they are homonyms, with no relation to each other — separated by neighbourhood and by builder.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single tower, built with room to spare: the municipality measures a 421.68 m² floor footprint on a 2,019 m² plot and 67.69 m in height. There is land left over on every side — the leisure base, measured at 1,553.9 m² of footprint, occupies three-quarters of the plot and lets the tower breathe at its centre. The internal arithmetic closes the same way: with 337 m² of private area on a 421.68 m² slab, about eighty-five metres per floor remain for the hall, vertical circulation and risers, which is exactly what is spent when there is only one door per floor. From the tenth floor up, the building opens onto the Pacaembu valley, and it is this view the layout was designed to reach. The authorship of the project is not publicly documented and, for that reason, is not attributed here: the municipal permits show CEVNi contracting five different architecture firms over the years, so developing did not mean signing.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 21 storeys, 1 flat per floor, 20 units in total — 19 standard flats from the 1st to the 19th floor and 1 duplex penthouse occupying the 20th and 21st. The 2022 Census address register confirms the arithmetic: the flats are numbered 11, 21, 31 and so on up to 201, all ending in 1.
• Sizes: 337 m² private and 642 m² total area in the standard unit; 583 m² private and 1,050 m² total area in the duplex penthouse.
• Parking: 4 in the standard unit, 6 in the penthouse. Private storage room in every unit.
• Structural highlights: one flat per floor on every level · a single duplex penthouse at the top · private storage room per unit · parking spaces reserved for visitors · 2,019 m² plot with a leisure base of 1,553.9 m² footprint.
• Registry and parameters: 1 tower · 21 storeys · 20 units · 1 flat per floor · 4 to 6 parking spaces · private areas of 337 m² and 583 m² · total areas of 642 m² and 1,050 m² · 2,019 m² plot · 421.68 m² floor footprint · measured height of 67.69 m · completed in July 1998 · tax plot sector 011, block 121, condominium 08 · registry jurisdiction 5th São Paulo Property Registryi, Consolação subdistrict · zoning ZEU (Law 16.402/2016).

Leisure and facilities

• Swimming pool
• Gym
• Sauna
• Multi-sports court
• Playground
• Function room
• Visitor parking spaces

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Higienópolis: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Higienópolis and Consolação, and both names are legitimate. The postcode is registered under Consolação; the high-end market treats the address as Higienópolis. This listing adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for anyone searching by it.

Higienópolisi is the neighbourhood São Paulo built for living and never turned into anything else: flat blocks, wide pavements, a closed canopy of trees and street-level shops that have aged well. Rua Pará sits on the high stretch, between Rua Bahia and Avenida Angélicai, facing the Pacaembui valley — which gives the upper units a view the neighbourhood barely offers anywhere else. Parque Buenos Airesi and FAAPi are within walking distance, Colégio Dante Alighierii and Escola Carlitosi serve the area, and Estação Paulistai and Avenida Paulistai take care of the route into the centre; Avenida Sumaréi and Avenida Pacaembui do the rest. It is an address where the pedestrian still decides the day.