Quartier Auri

History

From Aurinovai, Quartier Auri sails through Vila Olímpiai as a set of three low-density towers, at the confluence with Vila Nova Conceiçãoi, Faria Limai and Moemai. It occupies an entire block and holds, on a plot of more than 8,000 m², a leisure area with the air of a resort, as serene as a marina anchored away from the bustle.

• Concept: the three low-density towers with resort-style leisure, on an entire block of Vila Olímpiai.
• Curiosities: some units have a private pool, and the windows are bay windows.

Architecture and aesthetics

The layout is the project itself: three similar towers on an entire block, which allows only 66 flats to be kept on more than 8,000 m² of land and each volume to be set apart from its neighbour — the opposite of the single slab set against the boundary that the area practised in the same years. The section is the second design decision, because the building stacks different unit types instead of repeating the standard floor: from the Giardino attached to the garden to the penthouse Triplex, passing through duplex and maison units, with a private pool in some units. On the façade, the bay window, which projects from the plane, is the repeated element that gives relief to the three volumes. The architectural project’s authorship is not publicly documented and is therefore not attributed here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetics: contemporary, high-end.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: 3 similar low-density towers, 66 flats in total, occupying an entire block. Leisure area on a plot of more than 8,000 m².
• Sizes: from 216 to 893 m² (Giardino, standard, Duplex, Triplex, Maison Duplex and Triplex penthouse), 4 to 5 suites.
• Parking: up to 8 spaces.
• Structural highlights: some units with a private pool and bay windows.
• Registry and parameters: 3 towers · 66 units · private areas from 216 to 893 m² (Giardino, standard, Duplex, Triplex, Maison Duplex and Triplex penthouse) · plot above 8,000 m² · registry jurisdiction 4º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZM · buildability ratio 2x · height limit 28 m.

Leisure and facilities

• Heated pool
• Spa
• Air-conditioned gym
• Tennis court
• Squash
• Party room
• Children’s playroom
• Wine cellar
• Hammock area
• Dog walk
• Bicycle rack
• Plaza
• Seven-a-side football pitch

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Vila Olímpia: the address

Number 214 on Avenida Doutor Cardoso de Melo sits at the southern tip of Vila Olímpiai, where the corporate axis loses height and meets the residential fabric of Moemai and Vila Nova Conceiçãoi. This is the part of the neighbourhood where the address is more about living than working: neighbourhood schools on the block next door, a weekly market on the avenue itself on Fridays, a height limit that drops — and, even so, the same quadrant as the towers of JKi and Faria Limai. Estação Eucaliptosi, on Line 5 – Lilac, solves the southern axis of the city without going through the marginal. It’s a useful fold to understand: here, Vila Olímpia is no longer the neighbourhood that works, it’s the one that sleeps.