Horizonte JK

History

Horizonte JK launched in the early 2010s as the first building in the area to offer, on the same plot, a fully independent residential condominium and commercial condominium — each with its own entrance, its own bank of lifts and its own management. The development is by AAMi with Emoçõesi, and the construction is by Toledo Ferrarii. The architectural design is by Itamar Berezini, who classifies it in his portfolio as mixed-use; the interiors are by Patricia Anastassiadisi and the landscaping by Benedito Abbudi. It totals 4,793.95 m² of land and 34,527.48 m² of built area, delivered in 2014.

• Concept: living and working at the same address with separate doors — the opposite of an improvised home office inside the flat.
• Trivia: the residential condominium’s leisure mix isn’t on the ground floor or the rooftop: it occupies the 21st floor, in the middle of the tower, and was delivered ready and decorated. On the commercial side, the units were designed in two formats — five floors of standard slabs and five floors of duplex offices.

Architecture and aesthetics

Two towers of very different scale planted on the same plot on JKi: the residential one, slender, with 39 storeys; the commercial one, low and wide, with 10. Itamar Berezini‘s design follows the language of his large-scale work — steel, concrete and glass, clean volumes and a base that physically separates the two flows, with a double-height commercial lobby and electronic turnstiles on one side and an armoured residential guardhouse on the other. The interiors of the common areas are by Patricia Anastassiadisi and the landscaping is by Benedito Abbudi.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 2 independent condominiums on the same plot. Home (residential): 1 tower, 39 storeys, 8 units per floor, 266 units. Offices (commercial): 1 tower, 10 storeys — 5 of standard slabs and 5 of duplexes —, 8 units per floor, 80 units (40 standard and 40 duplex).
• Sizes: 54 to 269 m² of usable area in the residential tower, with 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms; 51 to 88 m² in the offices.
• Parking: 481 in the residential tower (471 for residents and 10 for visitors) and 230 in the commercial tower.
• Structural highlights: 5 lifts in the residential tower (4 social and 1 security) and 4 in the commercial tower (3 social and 1 service, with scheduled calling); generator for common areas and lifts; CCTV with perimeter sensors; armoured guardhouse; biometric lock on the flats; air-conditioning and automation infrastructure in every unit; valet parking service and dry wash in the commercial tower.
• Registry and parameters: plot 4,793.95 m² · total built area 34,527.48 m² · 2 towers · 39 storeys in the residential tower and 10 in the commercial tower · 8 units per floor · 266 residential units and 80 commercial units · private areas from 54 m² to 269 m² in the residential tower · delivered 2014.

Leisure and facilities

• Leisure floor on the 21st floor, delivered ready and decorated
• Concierge
• 24-hour reception and security
• Basic housekeeping of the units
• Pay-per-use services
• Shared laundry
• Bicycle storage
• Changing room with shower
• Generator for common areas and lifts
• Armoured guardhouse
• Accessible routes and common areas, with rescue areas on stairs and lifts with braille buttons
• Selective waste collection, cooking oil collection and presence sensors in the halls

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Vila Olímpia: the address

Vila Olímpiai is the part of São Paulo where the office and the home learned to share the same pavement. JKi is the axis that stitches Itaim Bibii to Faria Limai and Berrini, with Shopping JK Iguatemii on one side, Shopping Vila Olímpiai and Vila Olímpia Stationi on the other, and Parque do Povoi a few blocks away — the only sizeable green space in the quadrant. It’s where the Brazilian headquarters of much of the financial market are based, along with the city’s largest concentration of business restaurants. The odd-numbered side of the avenue is still registered by the postal service under the name Vila Nova Conceiçãoi; on the street, everyone calls it Vila Olímpia.