Clermont Ferrand

History

Developed by Bolsa de Imóveisi, with architecture by the renowned Botti Rubini practice, Clermont Ferrand is an imposing 1990s work, sober and modern in style, with more than 6,000 m² of land and a full frontage onto Praça Pereira Coutinhoi. Despite its French-inspired name, it steers away from the neoclassical tone of its neighbours: it embraces strong, straight lines.

• Concept: sober, modern grandeur, on one of the largest plots facing the square.
• Trivia: the signature of the Botti Rubini practice sets it apart from the series of French-named neighbours (Chateau Margauxi, Chateau Lafitei), which belong to a different language.

Architecture and aesthetics

Clermont Ferrand is the dissenter of the square. While its French-named neighbours adopted a neoclassical vocabulary, this one embraced strong, straight lines, in a sober, modern volume — the urban monumentality that marks Botti Rubini, a practice active since 1955 and a significant part of the history of São Paulo’s verticalisation. The scale starts from the ground: more than 6,000 m² of land with a full frontage onto the square, an area that allowed room for a multi-sport court, a squash court and fifteen visitor parking spaces in a neighbourhood whose average plot does not accommodate any of that. There are twenty-two floors for twenty-two flats, one per floor, with a spacious terrace, central air conditioning, an armoured concierge and a generator — a 1995 programme that still holds up today.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetic: sober and modern, with strong, straight lines.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: a single tower, 22 flats, one per floor, 2 social lifts, 15 visitor parking spaces and a generator. Plot of about 6,392 m²; total leasable area of 20,665 m².
• Sizes: from 401 m² to 654 m² (penthouses are sometimes advertised at more than 1,200 m²), with 4 en-suites.
• Parking spaces: 6 spaces.
• Structural highlights: sober, modern style, armoured concierge, 24-hour security, spacious terrace and central air conditioning.
• Registration and parameters: plot 6,393 m² · frontage n/a · 22 floors · 23 units · 4 bedrooms · 6 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · 3 lifts · private areas of 654 and 1,288 m² (standard floor) and 1,288 m² (penthouse) · built 1995 · registry jurisdiction 14º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZEU · building potential 4x · unrestricted height limit.

Leisure and facilities

• Outdoor adult swimming pool
• Heated children’s pool
• Multi-sport court
• Squash court
• Gym
• Pilates room
• Dry and steam sauna
• Function room
• Games room
• Playground
• Barbecue area
• Wine cellar
• Private storage room

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Vila Nova Conceição: the address

The address does not sit on Praça Pereira Coutinhoi: to a large extent, it is one of its sides. With more than 6,000 m² of land and full frontage onto the square, Clermont Ferrand occupies a stretch of block that Vila Nova Conceição has no way of reproducing — the neighbourhood formed on house-sized plots and grew denser by overlap, one plot at a time, and developments of this scale only fit in the first rounds. It is also the point on the square with the shortest surroundings: schools under two hundred metres away, Hospital São Luizi just over four hundred, and Parque Ibirapuerai at five hundred, with the commercial strip of Afonso Braz and Domingos Fernandes along the way.