Vazio S/A

Vazio S/A mixes research on urban voids with architectural practice. The studio works with an active approach built on a vision of informality, empty space, and the market as something that can point the way towards new projects and opportunities.

Alongside the portfolio of a conventional firm, with houses, commercial buildings and urban design, Vazio S/A runs as an experimental studio. It explores architecture competitions, publications, partnerships with social and artistic groups, and ephemeral urban interventions, in search of new relationships between contemporary culture and architecture.

Founded in 2001 by Carlos M Teixeira and based in Belo Horizonte, the studio has built projects in Brazil, Canada, France and the UK, and has shown work at exhibitions including the Venice Architecture Biennale and the São Paulo Art Biennial.