Tallest building in São Paulo opens with 172 meters

Does it seem too high even for the capital of São Paulo? But it's! idealized by Porte Engineering and Urbanism, Platinum 220 It was opened in the Tatuapé neighborhood on the first day of September 2020 and the big event, which featured a live show and fireworks display, was sold out.

Now that it is ready, the new building takes on the title that was previously Valley Lookout, which is 170 meters high. Check all the information right now.

Platinum 220 data

If you think the tallest building in the state of São Paulo is located in the center of the capital, put that aside right now. O Platinum 220 was opened in East zone, more specifically in the Tatuapé neighborhood. There was much revulsion from residents about the construction, which started in 2014 and was completed now, at the end of August 2022.

All people who pass by the number 220 Rua Bom Sucesso you will be able to see the tallest building in São Paulo up close and the idea of ​​the engineers and architects of Doors was to put several services in one place, in addition to launching another place in the city for housing.

It is expected that more than the traditional apartments, stores, commercial rooms, hotels and other corporate demands will also be opened. In addition to being 172 meters high, the site has:

• 50 floors;
• 46 open floors;
• 59.233 m² of built area;
• 6.396 m² of land area;
• 19 stores on the ground floor;
• 190 hotel rooms occupying the 2nd to 10th floors;
• 80 apartments occupying the 2nd to 10th floors;
• Commercial rooms occupying the 12th to 24th floor;
• 50 corporate rooms occupying the 25th to 46th floors;
• Foundation made on 338 continuous helix type;
• Tower: 32.230 thousand cubic meters of concrete and 3,9 million tons of steel;
• Central block: 112 concrete mixers, 873 m³ of concrete and 600 tons of steel.

Sites that were built close to the site were affected by the construction. Close to where the Platinum 220 was erected (at 1 km), there is the working village João Migliari which formerly had 60 houses, but twenty of them were demolished. This tried to be stopped in 2019, but ended up being authorized by the São Paulo City Hall and the owner. This is the image of the site before demolition:

The other forty houses did not need to be demolished because of the Platinum 220 and the construction company waited for the heritage agencies to carry out a review. But the owner of the working village chose to demolish another 35 of them and currently, only 5 are still standing.

What was the tallest building in São Paulo before that?

Until the construction of Platinum 220 was completed, the title was Condominium Mirante do Vale, which is 170 meters high. The site was designed by the architect Waldomiro Zarzur, its construction began in 1960 and it was opened in 1966.

The most interesting thing is that the Valley Lookout became the tallest building in Brazil for 48 years, but the title belonged to the Millennium Palace (177,3 meters high and 46 floors), which is located in Balneário Camboriú, between 2014 and 2017. With the update, the list of tallest buildings in São Paulo looks like this:

1. Platinum 220 – 172 meters;
2. Viewpoint of the Valley – 170 meters;
3. Figueira Altos do Tatuapé – 168 meters.

Currently, the tallest building in Brazil is also in Santa Catarina: infinity coast It has 234,7 meters and 66 floors. This is one of the tallest buildings in Latin America and construction took place between 2013 and 2019.

Remember was not focus

Aline Meira, architect and urban planner and coordinator of Urban Science at Porte Engineering and Urbanism, points out that the construction was not focused on breaking a new record. The idea was to take advantage of the height so that the area of ​​a second 25-story tower could be used for other purposes.

O Figueira Altos do Tatuape, built in the same neighborhood and builder of the Platinum 220, had the same concept: the professionals responsible bet on verticalization so that sidewalks and green areas could be built in the place that would be a second tower. This photo of the completion of the works went viral on the internet:

Under current law, the works of the figueiras it couldn't even happen: in September 2013, the works were approved by the São Paulo City Hall. In June 2014, the Master plan has been sanctioned and new buildings within neighborhoods cannot be more than eight stories high. As the approval came earlier, the works proceeded normally.

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