Celebration Itaim

History

Developed by Aurinovai with Tucuman and designed by Pablo Slemensoni, Celebration is a high-luxury building in the heart of Itaimi, a few blocks from Nova Faria Limai. Delivered in 2015, it was born with a single apartment per floor on a block where residential use already shared space with corporate use — and chose, against the grain of its vintage, the classical repertoire instead of glass.

• Concept: high-luxury neoclassical with free-flowing floor plans, thanks to the absence of internal columns.
• Trivia: Pablo Slemensoni is cited by sources as the most representative name in neoclassical architecture in the country.

Architecture and aesthetics

Avowed neoclassicism, in the lineage that Pablo Slemensoni established in the city: proportion, symmetry and ornament where the neighbourhood of the same decade went for glass and aluminium. Two design decisions, however, weigh more than the style. The first is the setback — the building pulls fifteen metres back from Rua das Fiandeiras, and it is this empty space at the front that allows for a protected arrival, with a bulletproof lobby, security room and airlock. The second is structural: there is no column inside the apartment. The floor plan arrives entirely free, and dividing the rooms becomes a decision for the resident rather than an inheritance from the calculations — which, in a standard unit of 273 m² with a 456 m² garden unit and a 429 m² duplex penthouse, changes the very nature of a renovation. Decoration by Ana Luisa De Lucai and Daniela Berardinellii, landscaping by Marcelo Faisali.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: high-luxury neoclassical.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower, one apartment per floor. Plot of 1,350 m².
• Sizes: 273 m² in the standard unit, 455.70 m² in the garden unit and 428.92 m² in the duplex penthouse.
• Parking: 5 free spaces, with private storage.
• Structural highlights: absence of internal columns, central air conditioning, 15 m setback from the street, bulletproof lobby and security room, and security airlock.
• Registry and parameters: plot 1,266 m² · frontage 17 m · 1 tower · 16 floors · 1 unit per floor · 17 units · 4 to 5 bedrooms · 5 parking spaces · 4 to 5 bathrooms · 2 lifts · private areas of 273, 429 and 456 m² (standard) and 429 m² (penthouse) · registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZC · buildable potential 2x · height limit 48 m.

Leisure and facilities

• Gourmet lounge
• Play room
• Heated pool
• Gym room
• Sauna
• Massage room

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Itaim Bibi and Vila Olímpia, and both names are valid. The postcode registers Vila Olímpia; the top-tier market treats the address as Itaim Bibi. This entry adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for those searching by it.

Rua das Fiandeiras runs through the stretch where Itaim Bibii already gives way to Vila Olímpiai, behind Avenida Santo Amaroi — a neighbourhood address, not an avenue one. Two street markets happen a few metres from the door (the one on Rua Clodomiro Amazonas on Thursdays, the Sunday one between Santo Amaro and Uberabinha) and two schools are less than three hundred metres away. It is the side of Itaim that looks towards Ibirapuerai, about a kilometre away, and not towards the river: Faria Limai and JKi are a few minutes away, but those who live here come home through a street of small-scale shops. The building’s fifteen-metre setback only makes sense in that context — it is the gesture of someone who wanted a set-back house on a street that still had the pavement for it.