Alphaville, São Paulo

Alphaville is a private real estate project developed with urban dimensions west of São Paulo in Brazil. It consists of over 30 closed housing estates ( "Residencial "), a business center, private education and health facilities as well as commercial areas. Alphaville is one of the communities Barueri (São Paulo) and Santana de Parnaíba (São Paulo). The project was started by Dr. Yoshiro Takaoka and Renato Albuquerque, two young engineers, in 1973. It should first be a business park for IT businesses and light industry. At that time there was in Brazil a military regime that forced the modernization of the country's autocratic.

Together with the project Cidade Tamboré by Arthur de Castilho Ulhoa Rodrigues and Elbio Fernandez Mera and other individual projects, the area as a new typology of a privately developed satellite town ( Neotown ) can be interpreted. The proportion of Alphaville comprises about 1400 acres, Tamboré 1200 acres in size, additional affiliated projects amount to a further 1,000 hectares.

Outside the gated estates, there is a complete infrastructure with shopping center, doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, banks, schools, universities, hotels, cinemas, etc. and residential high-rise buildings, which are located outside of the completed housing estates. In addition, there is a business center with many business storms and more than 120,000 jobs and 2,500 offices (Centro Commercial).

About 10 kilometers outside the city of São Paulo where about 50,000 people live in completely cut off from the outside world 33 housing estates. Three meters high walls, ubiquitous security personnel and strict access controls to the safety needs of affluent residents satisfy. Also important are the need for investment protection, life-style aspects and the closeness to nature.

Also by Dr. Yoshiro Takaoka in 1979 the settlement association ' Aldeia da Serra ' (translated as ' mountain village ') founded, which is located at about 1000 m above sea level about 7 km west of Alphaville.

However, since the company Alphaville has developed into an internationally active project developer of gated communities, and this developed in many Brazilian cities, the term Alphaville is a strong brand and a synonym for premium real estate in the form of gated communities ( " Loteamento fechado " ) in Brazil become.

The Alphaville brand is in contrast to the film Alphaville in Brazil occupied rather positive.