Metropolitan

History

Metropolitan was developed by the American developer Tishman Speyeri (the same firm behind Rockefeller Center, in Brazil since 1995) and completed in 2009, on a plot of roughly 2,700 m² on a tree-lined street in Paraíso, on the border with Ibirapuera. It was conceived as a benchmark of the highest standard, with a single apartment per floor, 3 m ceiling height and a permanent view of Parque Ibirapuera, crowned by a duplex penthouse.

Architecture and aesthetics

The building is defined by its vertical section: twenty-three storeys with a single apartment on each, three-metre ceiling height and an extensive balcony running along the front. The tower is tall and slender for the plot it occupies, and it is this proportion that makes the view work — the number of storeys is what turns an address a little over four hundred metres from Parque Ibirapuerai into an address with the park in view, not merely alongside it. The three-metre ceiling height is the interior version of the same reasoning: what the project pursues, inside and out, is height. The vocabulary is contemporary and understated; the authorship of the architectural project is not publicly documented and, for that reason, is not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary, high-end.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower, 23 floors, one per floor. Plot of around 2,700 m².
• Floor areas: from 255 to 620 m² (standard units); 980 m² duplex penthouse (3 to 4 suites).
• Parking: up to 8 spaces.
• Structural highlights: spacious living room, extensive balcony, central heating, generator and pet-friendly profile.
• Registry and parameters: 2,687 m² plot · 1 tower · 23 floors · 1 unit per floor · built in 2009 · private areas from 255 to 620 m² (980 m² duplex penthouse) · 3 to 4 suites · up to 8 parking spaces · land registry 1º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · ZEUP zoning · 2x buildable potential · 28 m height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Home cinema
• Heated pool with 25 m lap lane
• Children’s pool
• Fitness centre
• Games room
• Zen space
• Gourmet space
• Visitor parking

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Paraíso: the address

Number 339 sits in the heart of Rua Curitibai, in the stretch where Paraíso stops being a neighbourhood of Avenida Paulistai and becomes a neighbourhood of Parque Ibirapuerai — the park a little over four hundred metres away, the avenue a few minutes by car, and neither one on the doorstep. This intermediate position has a practical consequence: it is the part of the neighbourhood where the street is still tree-lined and residential, with a street market on two days of the week and schools less than half a kilometre away, without the street-level commerce that thickens near the Paulista axis. The metro is served by Estação Paraísoi, where Lines 1-Blue and 2-Green cross, and the routes out of the city, by Avenida Vinte e Três de Maioi. Anyone who checks the postcode before getting to know the street will read Vila Marianai: the postal service classifies much of Paraíso this way, and Rua Curitiba appears in records under both names. The house’s rule is that the postcode governs the address and market usage governs the neighbourhood.