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BsAs Apartment Building in Carmo
13 Dec 2021
Design: Vazio S/A
Location: Carmo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Photos by Leonardo Rodrigues, Daila Coutinho, Leonardo Finotti and Eduardo Eckenfels
The proposal of BsAs Building – is to offer alternatives to the sameness of real estate projects prioritizing sustainability, small scale and smart economy.

The shared car, the bike paths and the economy that serves many rather than few point to an architecture that consumes less and proposes more for the city: a new relationship between buildings and the street, a new ground floor concept, a revaluation of the common staircase and open areas.
BsAs Apartment Building
The project has apartments with private terraces and cross ventilation. The common areas are the strictly necessary, and the materials are basic and timeless. There is no fitness center, home office, bar lounge, baby care or kids club; but there are nine ?houses? with sunny terraces. Always integrated into the rooms, they function as small backyards.

The building has a much lower height than its neighbors and explores the side offsets in staggered plastic volumes. Despite the tall and serious neighbors, the staggering allows the sun to shine in all backyards. The nine apartments are all different from each other and, despite being compact, all units have optimized and unique layouts.

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