Art AG Residences

History

From Taviteci, with architecture by Pablo Slemensoni, interiors by Dado Castello Brancoi and landscaping by Gilberto Elkisi, the Art AG Residences occupies the exact point where Pinheirosi meets Oscar Freirei and Jardim Europai. The proposal brings together two independent developments, connected by a charming walkway with a café, convenience store and gardens.

• Concept: two addresses connected by a tree-lined walkway, at the meeting point of three of the city’s most sought-after neighbourhoods, Pinheirosi, Oscar Freirei and Jardim Europai.
• Trivia: the project features a distinctive triplex penthouse and the concept of a walkway between the two towers, a tree-lined deck stitching the two developments together.

Architecture and aesthetics

Pablo Slemensoni‘s design decision does not lie in the skin: it lies in the layout. Instead of a single volume occupying the whole plot, there are two independent buildings, each with one apartment per floor, and the ground floor between them left open as a passage — the block’s core, which in an ordinary building would become a wall or a garage ramp, is here a place to walk through. It is an urban gesture made by a residential address, and it is what gives the ensemble the contemporary, discreet reading that dispenses with a manifesto façade: what catches the eye from the pavement is not the volume, but the opening between the two. The interiors are by Dado Castello Brancoi and the landscaping, by Gilberto Elkisi, whose task was to stitch the two buildings and the passage linking them together with greenery.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: refined contemporary.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: two connected developments, one apartment per floor.
• Sizes: standard floor of 310 m² and 336 m² (4 suites); triplex penthouse of 547 m². Sources cite a range of 310 to 722 m².
• Parking: 4 on the standard floor, 6 on the triplex, plus a private storage unit.
• Structural features: biometrics, automation, underfloor heating in the suites and natural ventilation in the bathrooms.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated pool with 25 m lap lane
• Gym
• Spa
• Function room
• Gourmet space
• Wine lounge
• Children’s playroom
• Playground

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Pinheiros: the address

Number 201 on Rua Alves Guimarães sits on the eastern fold of Pinheirosi, where the neighbourhood borders Cerqueira Césari and the grid changes name without changing character. The advantage here is rare in this quadrant: luxury shopping on foot, with Rua Oscar Freirei just ahead, and the underground on the corner, via Estação Oscar Freirei on Line 4 – Yellow — without living on an avenue. To the north, Avenida Doutor Arnaldoi opens onto the hospital and university axis of Hospital das Clínicasi; to the south, Avenida Rebouçasi runs down to Largo da Batatai and Faria Limai. It is a street of short blocks, with a school at the door and an open-air market a few blocks away, in a part of the city that produces virtually no new land.