The Itaim Bibi neighborhood, in São Paulo, welcomes a new mixed-use development, Fasano Itaim, including a hotel, restaurants and residential apartments. The architecture project, in an area with 4,879 square meters, is signed by firm aflalo/gasperini arquitetos, with interior design by Studio MK27, developed by Even. The entrance to the Fasano hotel is on Pedroso Alvarenga street, while the residential is accessed on Galeno de Revoredo street.
The development introduces Grupo Fasano's first residential unit in São Paulo. With the impressive height of 143 meters, the building has 68 apartments, with 285 square meters each, and the penthouse displays two double units with 500 square meters including a private swimming pool, living and service areas on the first level and bedrooms on the upper level.
The residential building's height provides an exclusive view of the densely green neighborhood of Jardim Europa from every apartment, with a large 22-meter-long balcony. “With this exclusive location, we had the possibility of constructing a residential building with high added value, overlooking Jardim America, which goes as far as Avenida Rebouças, on the other side of 9 de Julho. Therefore, it was decided that the building should start at the highest possible point, and the first floors were built on the high podium. Thus, the tower would be higher than the smaller buildings on avenue 9 de julho", added Luiz Felipe Aflalo Herman, directing partner at aflalo/gasperini arquitetos.
The hotel's building is 75-meters high, with 107 rooms ranging from 30 to 190 square meters, on 18 floors. In addition to the hotel rooms, this building also has the hotel leisure areas with an infinity pool and solarium on the top floor, providing a panoramic view of the neighborhood.
The challenge in the architecture project was to qualify the narrow side of Galeno de Revoredo street, parallel to the foundation, creating a pleasant, wooded boulevard with the entrance on Pedroso Alvarenga street. “To create an important access to the building and provide bedrooms with broader views, we significantly widened the street, which was previously only 5-meters wide," said Luiz Felipe.