Edifício Dorchester

History

From builder Elias Victor Nigrii, the same behind Castelbiancoi and Dante Alighierii, the Dorchester anchors a top-tier building on Alameda Barrosi, on the border of Santa Cecíliai with Higienópolisi, near the Synagogue, Shopping Pátio Higienópolisi and the Teatro São Pedro. The architectural design is by Israel Rewini, named as author in the building’s municipal approval permit, from September 2007.

• Concept: the top tier of generous floor areas, with balconied suites and open views.
• Curiosities: from the upper floors, as from an elevated prow, one can see the sunset and the Pico do Jaraguá.

Architecture and aesthetics

Contemporary top-tier in a single tower, set on a 4,641 m² plot — a plot size the central region no longer produces, translated here into setback and common area rather than more built floor area. The gesture that defines the building is the repetition of the terrace: instead of concentrating outdoor space in a single social balcony, the project gives all four suites a terrace, so the open face of the floor plan extends into the private wing as well. Inside, the repertoire is that of the same generation — travertine marble flooring, a master suite with a his-and-hers bathroom, sound and lighting systems integrated from construction. The interior design and landscaping credits are not publicly documented and are therefore not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary top-tier.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: single tower (number of units not consolidated).
• Sizes: from 538 m² to 984 m² (4 to 5 bedrooms, 4 suites); there is a unit with a garden and a suspended terrace of about 300 m².
• Parking: 6 to 8 spaces, plus a visitor space.
• Structural highlights: 4 suites with terrace, master suite with his-and-hers bathroom, travertine marble flooring and sound and lighting system.
• Registry and parameters: 4,641 m² plot · 1 tower · 4 to 5 bedrooms · 4 suites · 6 to 8 parking spaces · private areas of 538 m² to 984 m² · registry jurisdiction 2º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · ZEM zoning · 2x buildable ratio · 28 m height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Indoor pool
• Tennis court and multi-sports court
• Gym
• Party room
• Barbecue area
• Playground
• Sauna
• Playroom
• Piped gas
• 24-hour lobby

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Santa Cecília: the address

Alameda Barros is a tree-lined residential street at the point where Santa Cecíliai stops behaving like a centre and starts behaving like the heart of Higienópolisi — the postal code writes one name, the market advertises the other, and the block is the same one. What sets number 702 apart from the rest of the region’s top-tier stock is the distance to the rail line: Estação Marechal Deodoroi, on Line 3 – Red, is a little over two hundred metres away, and Estação Santa Cecíliai about a kilometre — a proximity São Paulo’s top tier rarely enjoys. The rest is walkable: Parque Buenos Airesi, the shops of Avenida Angélicai, the neighbourhood’s street markets and the network of hospitals and universities that occupies the region, with Hospital Samaritanoi a few blocks away. It’s a neighbourhood of old stock, built when there was still large land available downtown — and it’s that condition, not the fashion of the moment, that explains why floor plans of this size are no longer built here.