Place:Alphaville, São Paulo, Brazil

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NameAlphaville
TypeCity
Located inSão Paulo, Brazil


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Alphaville, São Paulo is an affluent district split between the municipalities of Barueri and Santana de Parnaíba. suburbs of São Paulo. The Alphaville concept is a real estate and gated community development in Brazil, constituted by a number of business and residential condominia. The name evokes the "first among cities" concept (ville as French for city and alpha being the first letter of Greek alphabet). The concept has been widely copied in Brazil and abroad.

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The Alphaville concept was created by a building company in São Paulo City, Albuquerque & Takaoka, in the 1970s. The São Paulo megalopolis was beginning to show an upward trend in crime rates, traffic jams, and other forms of urban malaise. Consequently, suburban developments gained popularity, both for modern industrial and commercial ventures, and for wealthy and upper-middle class nouveau riche. The company bought large farm areas in the neighboring counties of Barueri and Santana do Parnaíba and urbanized them. The then-recently built Castelo Branco Highway provided a fast and easy access to downtown São Paulo. The lots were sold initially for commercial and industrial development, but soon demand for lots for residential purposes arose. The residential lots to gated luxury horizontal condominia (for building family houses) were swiftly sold out.

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