Jade Jardim Paulista

History

The Jade was born of a plot problem. Constraci bought a rectangular, narrow 900 m² plot in an already consolidated part of Jardim Paulistai, and handed the project to FGMFi — the practice of Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz. The design began in 2014 and construction was completed in 2018, with Constrac itself handling both development and construction. What came of it were 4,200 m² built, spread over just thirteen apartments, one per floor, with the duplex penthouse on top — an extremely low density for the standard of the street. The building was published in the Brazilian and international architecture press, including Revista PROJETO and ArchDaily, and the developer records the development as 100% sold.

• Concept: one apartment per floor on a 900 m² plot, with the deep balcony treated as a room — not as a mere balcony — and the façade resolved in glass to give the apartment back the view the mandatory setback took away.
• Curiosities: the ground-floor lobby has an artistic panel by Fábio Flaks, and the list of designers is unusual for a thirteen-unit building — lighting by ARQLUZ, structure and foundations by Alleoni Engenharia, landscaping by Alex Hanazakii and interiors by Márcia Kalili. Every unit, including the penthouse, has its own basement storage room.
• Not to be confused with: this is the Jade in Jardim Paulistai — a vertical tower by Constraci, designed by FGMFi. There is a second building with the same name, Jade Campo Beloi, a horizontal gated community of houses in a ZER-1 zone in Campo Beloi, with no documented developer: they are homonyms, with no relation to each other — different neighbourhood, typology and origin.

Architecture and aesthetics

The siting was dictated by the setbacks: on a narrow plot, FGMFi pushed the volume to the possible limit and gave the resident back area in height, with very deep balconies facing the main front and south. Concrete is the dominant material; glass, extended across the two façades that face the city, gives the apartment a permanent view over the treetops of Jardinsi without giving up environmental comfort. On the ground floor, Alex Hanazakii‘s garden and the leisure area stitch the foot of the building to the street. The common areas’ interiors are by Márcia Kalili.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 14 floors, 13 apartments — one per floor. The penthouse is a duplex and occupies the last two floors.
• Areas: 206 m² on the floor plans from the 3rd to the 12th floor; 282 m² on the 2nd; 363 m² on the 1st floor, the unit with a garden; 347 m² on the duplex penthouse. All units have 4 bedrooms and a basement storage room.
• Parking spaces: 4 marked on the standard floor plans; 6 on the penthouse.
• Structural highlights: 900 m² plot for 4,200 m² of built area; very deep balcony in every unit; main and south façades in glass; artistic panel by Fábio Flaks; lighting design by ARQLUZ; structure and foundations by Alleoni Engenharia.
• Registry and parameters: plot 900 m² · built area 4,200 m² · 1 tower · 14 floors · 13 units · 1 apartment per floor · 4 bedrooms · 4 to 6 parking spaces · private areas from 206 m² to 363 m² · design started in 2014 · handover 2018 · registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi.

Leisure and facilities

• Pool
• Gym
• Gourmet space
• Function room
• Ground-floor garden, landscaped by Alex Hanazaki
• Concierge

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Jardim Paulista: the address

Jardim Paulistai is the neighbourhood São Paulo uses as the benchmark for all the others. Rua Guarará crosses its residential heart, linking Avenida Paulistai to Alameda Campinas, and number 316 sits on the quiet stretch between Campinas and Joaquim Eugênio de Lima — wide, tree-lined streets, with no street-level shops and old, low-density verticalisation. From there it is a walk to Jardim Pamplona Shoppingi and minutes to Parque Ibirapuerai, Club Athletico Paulistanoi and the tables that made the neighbourhood’s name. The Paulistai metro is a few blocks away, and Avenida Nove de Julhoi handles the drive out to both ends of the city.