São João Del Rey

History

São João Del Rey was built in 1993 by Construtora Adolpho Lindenbergi, on Alameda Itu, in the stretch of Jardim Paulistai that borders Jardim Américai and Avenida Paulistai. It is a product of a specific vintage in the neighbourhood: buildings from the late 1980s and early 1990s that still delivered generous floor areas and one apartment per floor, but already came with the leisure package that the older buildings of the Jardinsi lack — a heated pool, sports court, gym. The building was set back from the street, with a garden between the pavement and the façade, and the units, refurbished over the last three decades, have kept the address in permanent circulation in the ultra-high-end market.

• Concept: one apartment per floor in floor areas of 224 to 240 m², with the full leisure package of a newer condominium, within the residential heart of the Jardins.
• Curiosities: the building’s penthouse is a 455 m² duplex with a private rooftop pool and 360-degree views — its north face looking towards Parque Trianoni and Parque Mário Covasi, with Colégio Dante Alighierii and MASPi in view. It is the unit that defines the building’s reputation.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single tower, nineteen storeys in the municipal register, one apartment per floor. The setback from Alameda Itu is the gesture that defines the building: instead of pushing the building’s body to the boundary, as almost all the block’s neighbours do, São João Del Rey opened a garden between the street and the façade and gained quiet and sunlight for the lower units. With only one unit per floor, the apartment occupies the whole slab and shares a wall with no one — the floor plans in circulation show a living area for several settings with balcony, fireplace and TV room, a private area with three to four en-suites and a service area with full staff quarters. The authorship of the architectural design is not publicly documented and, for that reason, is not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 1 apartment per floor. The municipal register lists 19 storeys and 17 units; market material describes the tower as having 18 floors.
• Floor areas: 224 to 240 m² in the standard floor plans, with 3 to 4 bedrooms (3 to 4 en-suites) and 5 bathrooms. The penthouse is a duplex of 455 m², with 4 en-suites and 7 bathrooms.
• Parking: 3 to 4 spaces in the standard units, 4 in the penthouse; there are visitor spaces in the condominium.
• Structural features: building set back from the street with a front garden; one apartment per floor; generator; water pressuriser; 24-hour porter service; reinforced social and service doors and high ceilings in refurbished units.
• Registry and parameters: 1 tower · 19 storeys · 17 units · 1 apartment per floor · 3 to 4 bedrooms · 3 to 4 en-suites · 3 to 4 parking spaces · 5 bathrooms in the standard units and 7 in the penthouse · private areas of 224 m² to 240 m² (standard) and 455 m² (duplex penthouse) · built in 1993.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated pool with waterfall
• Multi-sports court
• Gym
• Sauna
• Function room
• Playground
• Gardens
• 24-hour porter service
• Generator
• Visitor parking

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Jardim Paulista: the address

Alameda Itu crosses Jardim Paulistai in the stretch where the neighbourhood stops being a showcase and goes back to being home. It is the band between Rua Augustai and the heart of the alamedas — Alameda Casa Brancai, Alameda Francai, Alameda Jaúi — a grid of leafy streets, short blocks and low buildings that the Jardinsi have kept almost frozen for decades, because there is no land left to develop. The block is that of Colégio Dante Alighierii, and a few minutes’ walk reaches Parque Trianoni, Parque Mário Covasi, MASPi and Avenida Paulistai, with the metro and the shopping centres it gathers. In the other direction, the same distance leads to the tables, galleries and shop windows of Rua Oscar Freirei and Rua Haddock Loboi. It is an address that settles school, park, shops and metro without anyone needing to get in a car.