Biotique Ibirapuera

History

By Setini, with architecture by Perkins&Willi, interiors by Gui Mattosi and landscaping by Yapó Orsinii, Biotique has a name that tells the story: the fusion of biophilia and boutique. The proposal brings the atmosphere of Parque Ibirapuerai into the condominium, with planters running along the façade, greenery in the common areas and two balconies per flat, in pursuit of abundant light.

• Concept: biophilia at a boutique scale, with the green surroundings of Ibirapuerai as inspiration.
• Curiosities: Setini‘s first luxury residential development in its launch year, with two balconies per unit.

Architecture and aesthetics

The name is a programme, and the façade delivers it. The planters aren’t window boxes propped on the balcony: they are a design element running along the whole volume — a skin that needs soil, irrigation and perpetual maintenance, and that changes appearance as the vegetation grows. Perkins&Willi‘s choice of two volumes, rather than a single tower, goes in the same direction: more façade per flat, more faces to open up. Hence the two balconies per unit, which double the air frontage of each floor plan and explain the light the project pursues. The interiors are by Gui Mattosi; the landscaping, which continues on the ground what the façade does above, is by Yapó Orsinii.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary and biophilic, with planters integrated into the façade.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 2 towers, each with a ground floor and 13 storeys (12 on the registry), 39 units (3 of them penthouses). 2,575 m² plot.
• Floor areas: from 198 m² to 426 m² (standard, garden units and duplex penthouses).
• Parking spaces: 3 to 4 spaces, with an armoured gatehouse.
• Structural highlights: two balconies per flat and an armoured gatehouse.
• Registry and parameters: 1,717 m² plot · 10 m frontage · 2 towers · 12 storeys · 2 units per floor · 39 units · 3 to 4 bedrooms · 3 to 4 parking spaces · 3 to 4 bathrooms · 5 lifts · private areas of 199, 248, 360 and 427 m² (penthouses of 360 and 427 m²) · registered with the 1º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · ZEU zoning · 4x building potential · unrestricted height limit. (The registry lists “year of construction 1959”, referring to the previous building on the plot.)

Leisure and facilities

• Indoor pool (with lap lane) and outdoor pool
• Deck
• Lounge
• Gourmet area
• Kids’ playroom
• Playground
• Squash court
• Fitness centre
• Bicycle storage
• Delivery room
• Lockers

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Ibirapuera: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Ibirapuera and Paraíso, and both names are legitimate. The postcode is registered under Paraíso; the luxury market treats the address as Ibirapuera, as Setin does. This entry adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for those searching by it.

This address isn’t in the ring right next to the park: it’s on Rua Manuel da Nóbregai, a residential street in Paraísoi, in the set of blocks that separates Avenida Paulistai from Parque Ibirapuerai — and it’s this in-between position that defines the logic of the place. On one side, Paulista and its cultural and hospital axis, with Trianoni and MASPi at the end of the walk; on the other, Ibirapuera. In between, a neighbourhood of old, tree-lined high-rise development, served by three stations at short distances — Brigadeiroi, Trianon-MASPi and Paraísoi — with a street market on the side streets off Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônioi and Jardim Pamplona Shoppingi within walking distance. It’s the Ibirapuerai for those who want the park close by without giving up the centrality of Paulista.