Masterplan

The plan of the refuge, point by point.

From the smart gatehouse on the high plateau to the marina in the western cove of the peninsula, discover the 25 points of the masterplan and the real location of the farm. To fly over the terrain in 3D, visit the explorer.

The terrain highlights

Twenty-five points that define the refuge.

From the smart gatehouse on the high plateau to the marina in the western cove of the peninsula, every point of the masterplan was designed to unite faith, security and self-sufficiency on the shores of Lake Furnas.

  • Smart Gatehouse Render

    Sector I

    Smart Gatehouse

    The land gateway to the refuge: access control with 24-hour monitoring, vehicle and facial recognition.

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  • Catholic Community Render

    Sector I

    Catholic Community

    The heart of Celestial Garden: 199 residential lots around the chapel and common leisure area, consecrated to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

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  • House of Our Lady of Ephesus

    Sector I

    House of Our Lady of Ephesus

    A replica of Meryem Ana Evi, the house of Mary in Ephesus — the first building to be constructed in the development.

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  • Carlo Acutis Formation School

    Sector I

    Carlo Acutis Formation School

    At the highest point of the development, overlooking the plateau and the valley, the formation school dedicated to Saint Carlo Acutis, the saint of the digital age.

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  • High-End Residences Render

    Sector I

    High-End Residences

    Eight high-end lots on the highest and safest part of the property, averaging 33,140 m² each.

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  • Lookout

    Sector I

    Lookout

    Overlooking the waters of Lake Furnas, the lookout holds the golden sunset that inspires the name of the refuge.

  • Chapadão Waterfall

    Sector II

    Chapadão Waterfall

    An 83-meter waterfall with a panoramic bar and restaurant — fed by some of the more than 30 mineral water springs on the farm.

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  • Private Airport

    Sector II

    Private Airport

    A paved 1,600 × 30 meter runway with a structured hangar for the development’s executive and logistics operations.

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  • Production Areas

    Sector II

    Production Areas

    More than 4.7 million m² of mechanized and manual crops, grain industry, eucalyptus reserve and cattle ranching.

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  • Nautical Club & Marina Render

    Sector III

    Nautical Club & Marina

    A nautical club in the western cove of the peninsula, with a sand beach at lake level, a water park of eight pools and waterslides, twelve buildings and a marina for 48 boats sheltered by a 270 m breakwater — the international arrival point via Terramare airport and a 3.5 km lake crossing.

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  • Lakefront Lots

    Sector III

    Lakefront Lots

    Ten high-end lots carved into the eastern shore of the peninsula: the rear boundary of each one is the waterline of Lake Furnas itself, with a private floating pier and about 38 metres of water frontage.

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  • Dairy & Livestock Pavilions

    Sector III

    Dairy & Livestock Pavilions

    Dairy industry and pig and poultry pavilions on the northern portion of the peninsula.

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  • Main Chapel Render

    Sector I

    Main Chapel

    The community’s mother church, dedicated to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary — a wide nave, a gable bell-cote and a rose window over the churchyard that opens onto the refuge’s central road.

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  • Administrative Center Render

    Sector I

    Administrative Center

    The development’s management hub: administration, security and resident services gathered in a curved bar beside Sector I’s trunk road.

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  • Medical & Dental Center Render

    Sector I

    Medical & Dental Center

    An outpatient clinic with urgent care, medical and dental offices and its own ambulance, ensuring health care within the refuge.

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  • Nursery & Technical School

    Sector I

    Nursery & Technical School

    Education from early childhood to technical training in the same hub — nursery, schooling and workshops that prepare the community’s youth.

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  • Rural Market & Bakery

    Sector I

    Rural Market & Bakery

    The community market supplied by the farm’s own produce, with a bakery that bakes the daily bread from wheat harvested in the valley.

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  • Spiritual Retreat House

    Sector II

    Spiritual Retreat House

    A quiet refuge between the forest and the springs, for retreats, prayer gatherings and spiritual formation away from the noise of the world.

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  • Club & Natural Pools

    Sector II

    Club & Natural Pools

    The community’s leisure area with courts, a deck and natural pools fed by the farm’s springs — where families gather at sunset.

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  • Solar Plant Render

    Sector II

    Solar Plant

    Rows of photovoltaic panels facing the afternoon sun, with an inverter house and battery bank, sustaining the development’s energy self-sufficiency.

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  • Water Treatment Station Render

    Sector II

    Water Treatment Station

    Capture and purification of the farm’s 30-plus mineral springs, delivering treated water to every lot in the community.

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  • Winery

    Sector II

    Winery

    Vines on the sunlit slopes and a climate-controlled cellar for artisanal wine production — one more fruit of the valley’s land.

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  • Community Gardens & Orchards

    Sector II

    Community Gardens & Orchards

    Vegetable beds and fruit orchards tended by the community itself, supplying the market and the tables of the refuge.

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  • Equestrian Center

    Sector II

    Equestrian Center

    Breeding, training and equestrian leisure in pastures and paddocks at the forest’s edge — horses for work and for family rides.

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  • Construction Materials Plant

    Sector II

    Construction Materials Plant

    An on-site factory of blocks and precast parts supplying the material for the development’s works, cutting cost and construction time.

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Real location

The land as it is, seen from above.

The georeferenced boundary and the masterplan roads over Google satellite imagery — between Guapé and Pimenta, on the shores of Lake Furnas, with Santo Hilário across the water.