OBY Itaim

History

By RFMi with JLJi, with architecture by Vicente Montanoi (J-VM), OBY Itaim is a boutique residential building on a quiet, tree-lined street in Itaimi, a short walk from Parque Ibirapuerai. The developer’s brief is short, and the project follows it to the letter: a refuge on a calm street, inside the city’s financial centre. There are just 11 units, one flat per floor, with a duplex penthouse at the top.

• Concept: the low-density boutique building, with one resident per floor, in Itaimi.

Architecture and aesthetics

The programme takes low density close to its limit: eleven families in a ten-storey tower, one per floor, so that the lift lobby is the front door. The plot’s geometry explains the solution — a 3,170 m² plot with a frontage of just thirteen metres, narrow at the front and deep behind — and the tower fits itself to it, occupying each floor slab with a single flat. The unit types differ by position in height, not by a rearranged plan: gardens of 215 and 258 m² at the base, the standard 181 m² type through the body, and, at the top, the 376 m² duplex penthouse with terrace and private pool. Interiors by Studio Ro+cai and landscaping by Roberto Riscalai. The façade’s composition is not described in the development’s public materials and is therefore not characterised here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: high-end contemporary.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: a single tower, 11 storeys (10 in the registry), one per floor, 11 units (8 standard units of 181 m², 2 gardens of 215 and 258 m² and 1 duplex penthouse of 376 m²). Plot of 3,170 m².
• Sizes: standard unit of 181 m² (3 suites, 2 parking spaces); gardens of 215 and 258 m²; duplex penthouse of 376 m² (3 suites, terrace with pool, 4 parking spaces).
• Parking: 2 spaces in the standard unit, 4 in the penthouse.
• Structural features: low density, with a penthouse terrace and private pool.
• Registry and parameters: plot 3,171 m² · frontage 13 m · 1 tower · 10 storeys · 11 units (1 per floor) · 3 bedrooms · 2 parking spaces · 3 bathrooms · private areas of 182 m² (standard) and 368 m² (penthouse) · development by JLJ Incorporação e Empreendimentosi · registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZEU · buildable ratio 4x · unrestricted height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated pool with 25 m lane (uncovered)
• Heated children’s pool
• Sun deck
• Life Fitness gym

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Rua Brasília sits in the Itaimi that predates the towers: a narrow, tree-lined street, on the side of the neighbourhood that slopes down towards Parque Ibirapuerai, less than a kilometre away. Here the neighbourhood still has a routine — the street market sets up just over two hundred metres from the gate on Tuesdays, and there are two schools within less than three hundred metres, one of them almost directly opposite. It is the exact counterpoint to the Itaim of Faria Limai, a few minutes away: same neighbourhood, different pace.