George Sand

History

By Construtora São Joséi, with architecture by Pablo Slemensoni, George Sand is a 2007 high-end building in Jardim Europai, with an imposing neoclassical facade, anchored next to Parque do Povoi. One apartment per floor and generous floor plans close, together with Franz Schuberti and Frederic Chopini, the developer’s cluster in the area, all sailing along the same noble stretch of Rua Frederic Chopini.

• Concept: imposing low-density neoclassicism, next to Parque do Povoi.
• Trivia: the name honours the writer George Sand, companion of the composer Chopini, hence the address on Rua Frederic Chopini.

Architecture and aesthetics

Neoclassical and imposing, it is the most declaredly classical of the three buildings Pablo Slemensoni signed for Construtora São Joséi in this stretch of the neighbourhood: where the neighbours negotiate with contemporary language, here the facade takes on the entire repertoire. The gesture that defines it is frontality — one apartment per floor stacked as a single body facing the street, on a 2,715 m² plot, with the 1,368 m² duplex penthouse closing the composition at the top. Inside, the finish follows the same key, domestic before decorative: balcony integrated with the living room, gas fireplace, wine cellar, automation and Italian cabinetry, in the 680 m² standard floor plans with five suites. The interior design and landscaping credits are not publicly documented and, for that reason, are not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: imposing neoclassical.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower, 19 units, one per floor. Built area of 20,765 m².
• Sizes: standard unit of 680 m² (5 suites, 1 master, 7 parking spaces); 1,368 m² duplex penthouse (12 parking spaces).
• Parking spaces: 7 spaces in the standard unit, 12 in the penthouse.
• Structural highlights: integrated balcony, gas fireplace, wine cellar, automation in the living room, Italian cabinetry and Haganá security.
• Registration and parameters: plot 2,715 m² · 1 tower · 16 floors · 1 unit per floor · 17 units · 4 bedrooms · 7 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · private areas of 734 m² (standard) and 1,431 m² (penthouse) · registry jurisdiction 13º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · ZM zoning · 2x building potential · 28 m height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated indoor pool with 25 m lane
• Solarium
• Sauna
• Gym
• Party room
• Garden

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Jardim Europa: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Jardim Europa and Jardim Paulistano, and both names are legitimate. The postcode records Jardim Paulistano; the high-end market treats the address as Jardim Europa. This entry adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for those searching by it.

Number 283 is the end of Rua Frederic Chopin and, in practice, the end of Jardim Europai: from there on what one crosses into is already Itaim Bibii. It is 98 metres to Parque do Povoi — the shortest distance of the entire neighbourhood archive to it — and 182 to the edge of Parque Bruno Covasi. Living on the boundary has a design consequence: the neighbour is a thirteen-hectare park that belongs to another neighbourhood and another urban logic, which means an open horizon without depending on one’s own setback. And it has a routine consequence: the horizontal layout of Companhia City, of house and large plot, lies behind; ahead begins the dense city of Itaimi and Vila Olímpiai, with the shops and offices that the garden neighbourhood’s core turns its back on.