‘ MADE IN BRAZIL BY BRAZILIANS ,’ THIS FORMER MATERNITY HOSPITAL PROVIDES A ‘ VOICE ’ TO BRAZIL ’ S DIVERSE CREATIVE COMMUNITY .
Contributed by ALICIA SHEBER
Creating the Rosewood São Paulo , the brand ’ s first South American property , was a labor of love . Opened January 2022 , the hotel is located within Cidade Matarazzo , a seven-acre urban oasis of Atlantic Forest terrain featuring early-20th-century buildings now transformed into private residences , high-end stores , entertainment venues and the restored 1922 Santa Luzia Chapel .
Rosewood São Paulo is formed from the new Mata Atlantica Tower with its vertical garden , and the 1904 former Matarazzo Maternity hospital where over 500,000 babies were born before its 1993 closure .
Developer Alexandre Allard assembled a design dream team , including Pritzker Prize – winning architect Jean Nouvel and artistic director Philippe Starck , whom he ’ d previously commissioned for Le Royal Monceau , Raffles Paris . The Matarazzo Maternity building includes six restaurants and 46 guest rooms and suites , some with
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