Modigliani

History

Modigliani dates from 1991 and belongs to the generation of buildings that verticalised the residential stretch of Pinheirosi around Rua Joaquim Antunes with large floor areas and a single family per slab — a solution the neighbourhood’s buildings adopted before it became a sales pitch. The name refers to the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, in the same line of artistic, European namings that marked São Paulo’s production at that end of the decade. The development and authorship of the project are not publicly documented and, for that reason, are not attributed here.

• Concept: one apartment per floor on a narrow, tree-lined street in Pinheiros — privacy solved by the floor plan, not by the setback.
• Curiosities: the duplex penthouse occupies the 17th and top floor and has 568 m² of private area, more than double the standard floor plan; records in circulation describe it with a private lift giving direct access to the social and private areas, and its own pool, sauna and barbecue.

Architecture and aesthetics

A single tower, seventeen floors, one apartment per floor. As with the whole family of buildings that solve privacy through site layout, the lift opens directly into the family’s hall, the floor plan occupies the whole slab and there is no landing neighbour or shared wall. Descriptions in circulation record cross-ventilated floor plans and good natural light in every room — a direct consequence of the unit taking up all four faces of the floor. The authorship of the architectural project is not publicly documented and, for that reason, is not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 1 tower, 17 floors, 1 apartment per floor. The duplex penthouse occupies the 17th and top floor.
• Floor areas: 265 m² in the standard floor plan, with 4 bedrooms and 2 suites; records in circulation register variations of up to 270 m² and configurations with more suites. The duplex penthouse has 568 m² of private area, with 5 suites — the master with a walk-in closet and office — and 7 bathrooms.
• Parking: 3 in the standard floor plan; 4 in the duplex penthouse.
• Structural highlights: one apartment per floor with a private hall; piped gas. The duplex penthouse, in records in circulation, appears with a private lift giving direct access to the social and private areas, full staff quarters, and its own pool, sauna and barbecue.
• Registry and parameters: 1 tower · 17 floors · 1 apartment per floor · 4 bedrooms and 2 suites in the standard floor plan · private area of 265 m² in the standard unit and 568 m² in the duplex penthouse · 3 parking spaces in the standard unit and 4 in the penthouse · built in 1991.

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Pinheiros: the address

Pinheirosi is the neighbourhood where São Paulo learned to walk again. Rua Joaquim Antunes runs through the residential stretch that borders Jardinsi and Cerqueira Césari, in a grid of narrow, tree-lined streets that resisted large-scale verticalisation and kept the best of both worlds: the quiet of an inner street and the walkability of a neighbourhood that concentrated, in a handful of blocks, much of the city’s cultural, dining and office life. From there one reaches Rua Oscar Freirei and Estação Oscar Freirei on Line 4-Yellow, Feira da Praça Benedito Calixto, Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Limai and Avenida Rebouçasi — and it is precisely this combination of a calm street next to an economic centre that has made Pinheiros one of the city’s most sought-after addresses for two decades.