Context Statement

© Gabriel Castro

Architects: Vazio S/A

Location: Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Author: Carlos M. Teixeira

Collaborators: Leonardo Rodrigues, Daila Coutinho, Frederico Almeida

Area: 500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Gabriel Castro

Context StatementThe Cinema Theatro Brasil was built in 1932; its Art Déco building was then one of the largest in the city.

© Gabriel Castro

Project Objectives StatementIn its recent conversion into a cultural center, a ballroom was built above the roof. S.A. activates the architectural void generated by this convertion.
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Performance StatementArticulated as a structural archeology exercise, the proposal revisits the original architectural design, recovering the stepped roof which once covered the audience.

© Gabriel Castro

Context DescriptionOwner of the title of Brazil?s largest cinema for a few years, Cine Theatro Brasil was built in 1932 at an important intersection in the Center of Belo Horizonte. Heavy and elegant at once, its Art Déco volume was one of the largest buildings in the city. It was followed in the 1950s by two other iconic buildings built in the same intersecction: Banco Lavoura (�lvaro Vital Brazil, 1950) and Banco Mineiro (Oscar Niemeye...