VDA is a residential building whose apartments make up a carved and irregular volume. The shape is its more explicit difference and, structurally, is the result of some small lateral swings designed as overlapping diagonals. In addition to proposing an alternative to the sameness of the local residential vertical architecture, the project recovers elements that have been forgotten by the real estate market, such as louvers, the apartment-house, large balconies, yard and splitting levels, bringing back the space and the typical warmth of the houses.

© Gabriel Castro

Architects: Vazio S-A

Location: Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Authors: Carlos M Teixeira (principal arch.), Leonardo Rodrigues (collab. arch.), Ligia Milagres (collab. arch.)

Photographs: Gabriel Castro, Leonardo Finotti, Courtesy of Carlos Teixeira

Structural Design: MTF

Hydro Sanitary/Electrical Design: Projeta

Fire Prevention Design: Segurança Engenharia

Construction: Total Engenharia

Developers: Total Engenharia and Vazio S/A

Floor Area: 2.135m²

Net Area: 1.360m²

Land: 756m² (FAR 1.5)

© Leonardo Finotti

From the architect. VDA is a residential building whose apartments make up a carved and irregular volume. The shap...