Saffire Ibirapuera

History

By Lavvii, with architecture by MCAAi, landscaping by Benedito Abbudi and interior design, décor and common areas by Elie Saabi, Saffire Ibirapuera is the first property development by the Lebanese designer in Brazil. Anchored in Moemai, it occupies an entire block, a few metres from Estação Moemai, crowned by a green façade that dresses the complex like a piece of haute couture.

• Concept: Elie Saabi‘s haute couture signature applied to two residential towers, in Moemai.
• Curiosities: it is Elie Saabi‘s first property development in Brazil, and there is a St. Marche shop on the ground floor.

Architecture and aesthetics

MCAAi had an entire block and used it to separate what is normally blended: two towers each with its own access, and each with its own size — 493 m² in one, 360 m² in the other — so that the two products do not share an entrance. There are only two residences per floor, with two lifts for each unit. The extra land is what sustains the rest of the programme: a tennis court of official dimensions, which only fits where there is space, and a ground floor that does not close itself off behind a wall — the street-facing shop gives back to the avenue the frontage the development occupies. Above, it is the green façade that ties the two towers into a single reading. Interiors, décor and common areas are by Elie Saabi; the landscaping, by Benedito Abbudi.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary haute couture signature, bearing the mark of Elie Saabi.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 2 towers with independent access, 14 storeys (12 on the register), 2 flats per floor, 52 flats. Plot of 7,600 m². Tower 1: 493 m² flats and 869 m² penthouses; Tower 2: 360 m² flats and 649 m² penthouses. Green façade and St. Marche shop on the ground floor.
• Sizes: standard units of 360 and 493 m² (4 to 5 en-suites, 4 parking spaces); duplex penthouses of 649 and 870 m² (4 to 5 en-suites, 4 to 6 parking spaces).
• Parking: 4 spaces in the standard unit, 4 to 6 in the penthouses.
• Structural highlights: living room integrated with the gourmet terrace with private garden and barbecue, and 2 lifts per unit.
• Registry and parameters: plot 3,800 m² · frontage 12 m · 2 towers · 12 storeys · 2 units per floor · 52 units · 4 bedrooms · 4 to 5 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · 10 lifts · private areas of 360, 493, 649 and 869 m² (penthouses of 649 and 869 m²) · developer Lavvii · design MCAA Arquitetosi · registry jurisdiction 14º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZEU · unrestricted height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Official tennis court
• Gourmet space
• Children’s play room
• Adult and children’s pool
• Playground
• Party and games room
• Fitness centre
• Spa
• Pet area
• Delivery space
• St. Marche shop

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Moema: the address

Two names for the same address

The plot sits on the border between Moema and Indianópolis, and both names are legitimate. The postcode registers Indianópolis; the luxury market treats the address as Moema. This entry adopts the name in common use and keeps the other for whoever looks for it.

Number 394 Avenida Indianópolis sits on a stretch where Moemai is still a mixed-use avenue — and that, in a neighbourhood whose residential blocks have almost no shops at street level, defines the street. Here the frontage still earns its keep: a new development opens a shop on the ground floor instead of turning its back on the road, and neighbourhood commerce coexists with high-end housing without one pushing out the other. The immediate surroundings confirm the scale — three schools within two hundred and twenty metres, one private and two state-run, and the Friday market on the corner of Rua Chaves less than four hundred away. The transport axis settles the rest: Estação Moemai on Line 5 – Lilac is six hundred metres away and Shopping Ibirapuerai six hundred and fifty. Parque Ibirapuerai, over a kilometre off, is what this address lacks — here Moemai is lived through the block and the avenue, not the park, and that is largely why a whole block was still available to develop.