Vila Miranhas

History

Vila Miranhas occupies number 16 on Rua dos Miranhas, at the point where the street begins and Vila Madalenai starts turning into Alto de Pinheirosi. It is a building condominium of houses, formally established in August 2008, and the design follows the usual approach of the best village-style developments in the west zone: instead of stacking flats, distributing a few large houses over a gated plot, with a single controlled entrance. Each house stands alone — there is no shared wall, and the backyard is private to each family. The project’s authorship and the development are not documented in public sources and, for that reason, are not attributed here.

• Concept: the size and the backyard of a street-facing house with the wall, the gatehouse and the counted neighbours of a gated condominium — the formula Vila Madalenai practises better than any other neighbourhood in São Paulo.
• Trivia: the address is a border case in three ways. The post office registers Rua dos Miranhas in Vila Madalena; the tax register declares the condominium in Alto de Pinheiros; and the brokers who advertise it invariably write “on the border between the two neighbourhoods.” All three readings are correct at once — the street runs exactly along the seam.

Architecture and aesthetics

Standalone houses within the plot, with a design that treats natural light and cross-ventilation as the main concern — that is what those selling the units state. The floor plan in circulation distributes 414 m² of usable area within 504 m² of total area: a living room, fireplace, terrace and gourmet balcony in the social wing; four bedrooms with three suites and six bathrooms in the private wing; and a full service area, with pantry, laundry, storage room and staff quarters. The backyard is private, with a barbecue. The architectural authorship is not documented in public sources and is not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: gated condominium of houses, each standing alone within the plot. The total number of houses is not documented in public sources.
• Sizes: 414 m² of usable area and 504 m² of total area in the house in circulation, with 4 bedrooms, 3 suites and 6 bathrooms. Listings in circulation also record units of 450 m² and 600 m².
• Parking: 3.
• Structural highlights: standalone house within the condominium, with no shared wall; private backyard with barbecue; terrace and gourmet balcony; fireplace; home office; pantry, storage room and full staff quarters.
• Registry and parameters: houses in a gated condominium · 4 bedrooms · 3 suites · 6 bathrooms · 3 parking spaces · 414 m² of usable area and 504 m² of total area in the floor plan in circulation · condominium established in August 2008.

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Vila Madalena: the address

Vila Madalenai is the neighbourhood where São Paulo decided you could live well without walking out of your own house. Rua dos Miranhas sits on the quiet side of that equation: a tree-lined street with only local traffic, a few blocks from the nightlife and street-level shops, without any of it on its doorstep. From here, the border with Alto de Pinheirosi is just around the corner, and with it Parque Villa-Lobosi and Parque Alfredo Volpii; on the other side, Pinheirosi, Estação Fradique Coutinhoi and Estação Vila Madalenai metro stations, and Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Limai a few minutes away by car. It is one of the few areas of the city where a four-hundred-square-metre house and a corner restaurant share the same block.