Edifício São Vito
Residential in São Paulo, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edifício São Vito, popularly known as Treme-Treme (literally "Shiver-Shiver"), was a 112-metre (367 ft), 27-story former residential building, located in São Paulo, Brazil, finished in 1959. Throughout its existence, the building became deteriorated and earned a reputation of São Paulo's biggest vertical cortiço (slum). The city expropriated and evacuated the building in 2004.[1]
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Edifício São Vito | |
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General information | |
Status | Demolished |
Type | Residential |
Architectural style | Modernism |
Town or city | São Paulo |
Country | Brazil |
Coordinates | 23°32′33″S 46°37′42″W |
Construction started | 1954 |
Completed | 1959 |
Demolished | 2011 |
Height | 112 metres (367 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 27 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Aron Kogan |
Architecture firm | Zarzur & Kogan |
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