French designer Philippe Starck has used Brazilian supplies for the interiors of the penthouse on the Rosewood São Paulo, inside a tower by architect Jean Nouvel.
The multi-level suite occupies the highest flooring of Nouvel’s Mata Atlantica “vertical backyard tower” and is certainly one of a number of serviced Rosewood Residences inside the constructing.
Measuring 12,000 sq. toes and comfortably sleeping eight, the penthouse sits at one of many highest factors in São Paulo and is afforded uninterrupted, panoramic views throughout town.
Starck’s workforce was answerable for the interiors and terraces all through the Rosewood São Paulo resort and residences, and took the identical strategy to utilizing native supplies all through the venture.
Contained in the penthouse, marbles sourced from Paraná and warm-toned ipe wooden create a dramatic and up to date tackle Brazilian modernism.
“Whereas the format permits for separation from the hustle and bustle beneath, all design touches nonetheless work to make company really feel related to the spirit of town,” mentioned the Rosewood workforce.
The penthouse is full of furnishings and artworks by Brazilian artists and designers, together with Tarsila do Amaral, Jean-Baptiste Debret, Jerome Sainte Rose, Julio Bittencourt, Tércio Teixeira, Lúcio Consul, Renato Marcelo Rei and Oscar Niemeyer.
“The artists’ works inform totally different tales of life in Brazil throughout varied mediums together with sculpture, work, tile work, drawings, textiles, and rugs, offering a visible and significant touchpoint again to the vacation spot’s luxurious tradition,” the workforce mentioned.
The large double-height residing space is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling glass, benefiting from the skyline vista, whereas a high-gloss ceiling displays the home windows to permit the house to really feel even taller.
An ensuite bed room, a kitchen with sculptural stone islands, a patterned wallpaper-lined powder room and back-of-house quarters are additionally positioned on the decrease degree.
On the finish of the lounge is a focal staircase with floating marble treads primarily based on a Niemeyer design in Brasilia, which swoops as much as a mezzanine walkway.
This supplies entry to a examine and TV room, the first bed room suite and extra sleeping quarters.
The first suite encompasses a marble-clad lavatory with an identical freestanding egg-shaped tub, which has a view of the cityscape via a glass panel onto the mezzanine.
A protracted hall with closet storage on each side leads via to the bed room, which may be wrapped in electronically managed blackout curtains on the push of a button.
A lot of the home windows are surrounded on the outside by tropical foliage that grows on the tower’s extensive terraces, a few of that are accessible.
“The luxurious landscaping is full of a fascinating array of energetic vegetation native to the encompassing rainforest, an extension of the awe-inspiring biophilic design of the resort’s whole Mata Atlantica tower,” mentioned the workforce.
On the roof, accessed through a black spiral staircase, is a jungle-like backyard of tropical vegetation via which flagstone pathways result in hidden seating areas and a warm tub.
The tip of the trail emerges at an infinity pool overlooking Avenida Paulista, lined with dramatic blue, inexperienced and orange stone and flanked by vegetation on both aspect.
A pitched weathering-steel body rises over the water, mimicking the rooflines of the historic buildings that comprise the Cidade Matarazzo – a former hospital turned mixed-use convoluted – beneath.
The penthouse and the opposite residences inside the tower have entry to all the resort’s eating places and pool areas, in addition to facilities together with the spa and health centre.
Privately owned, the residences can be found for company to e book relying on availability.
The Rosewood group is quickly increasing its international portfolio of enduring residences, with current bulletins together with Los Cabos and Beverly Hills.
“Persons are now not simply in search of a house, however a totally serviced way of life,” Brad Berry, Rosewood’s vice chairman of worldwide residential growth, instructed Dezeen.
“Homeowners achieve entry to a fastidiously curated way of life the place each element has been designed to fulfill the best normal of consolation and class.”
Starck is without doubt one of the world’s best-known up to date designers and is behind many iconic hospitality tasks.
His different current work in South America features a skyscraper in Ecuador that was unveiled final 12 months.
