Tamboré 1

History

In May 1987, Tamboré SAi — an urban development company created in the 1960s to plan the occupation of the old Fazenda Tamboré’s land — opened the first of its residential developments. The reading was simple: the success of Alphavillei, right next door, had created a demand the market could not meet — families who wanted the scale of a country house without giving up being thirty minutes from downtown São Paulo. Tamboré 1 answered with scale. Instead of subdividing, it widened: plots between one thousand and five thousand square metres, spread across four sectors. It worked so well that Tamboré S/A itself repeated the formula at Tamboré 2i and Tamboré 3i, and the neighbourhood later got its own shopping centre.

• Concept: the development as territory — large-scale plots, four sectors, a lake and native forest within its own wall.
• Curiosities: almost 26,000 m² of the internal area is preserved native forest, and the development borders the Jaraguá Mirim Reserve, 445,000 m² of environmental preservation on one of the highest points in the region. In 2003, the residents’ association built and donated the Jaraguá Mirim Community Centre, with a bakery school and a computer room, to the neighbouring Parque Imperial community. At the request of DEPRN, the administration planted 1,700 native seedlings on the banks of the Cabuçu stream.

Architecture and aesthetics

An estate development has no façade — it has a layout. Four sectors, 18 kilometres of paved roads, a lake and continuous green areas; around all of it, six kilometres of double perimeter wall. The architecture of the houses is free and has changed over the decades, from the repertoire of the first generation to contemporary residences of more than a thousand square metres built. What gives the ensemble unity is not the style: it is the generosity of the plots and the greenery maintained by a team of 36 people dedicated to gardens, grounds, the lake and common areas.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: closed development with 702 single-family residential plots, spread across four sectors — one house per plot, no towers.
• Plot sizes: plots from 1,000 m² to 5,000 m².
• Parking: set by each residence’s own design.
• Structural features: total area of 1.86 million m²; 18 km of paved internal roads; own lake; around 26,000 m² of preserved native forest within the perimeter; the administration’s own seedling nursery; cable TV and fibre-optic broadband internet in all residences; exclusive portal for residents and owners.
• Security: 6 km of double perimeter wall, electric fences, strategically distributed guard posts, separate social and service gatehouses, own trained staff.
• Registry and parameters: total area 1.86 million m² · 702 residential plots · plots from 1,000 to 5,000 m² · strictly single-family residential use · administered by the Associação Fazenda Tamboré Residencial · municipality of Baruerii.

Leisure and facilities

• Four tennis courts
• Two multi-sports courts
• Five-a-side football pitch on artificial turf, with barbecue area
• Bocce court, with barbecue area
• Skate park
• 1.3 km paved jogging track
• Two playgrounds with treated eucalyptus play equipment
• Rest kiosks in every leisure area
• Fitness centre
• Physical education teachers on weekdays, with futsal, yoga and pilates classes
• Lake
• Selective waste collection three times a week and its own composting of plant material

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Tamboré: the address

Tamboréi is the quieter half of the pairing that dominates the ultra-high-end market west of São Paulo. It was born of the same farmland that gave rise to Alphavillei, grew alongside it and ended up sharing shops, schools and the business district with its neighbour — but kept its own identity: fewer towers, more plots. The neighbourhood is split between Baruerii and Santana de Parnaíbai; Tamboré 1 sits on the Barueri side, the one closest to the capital. The connection runs via the Rodovia Castello Brancoi, five minutes from the gatehouse, with Shopping Tamboréi, Iguatemi Alphavillei and Mackenzie’s Alphaville campus along the way. From the gate to downtown São Paulo, half an hour.