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The World Architects site, dedicated to the dissemination of portfolios of architects around the world, this month published a page of Vazio S/A with Aalborg Acqua Center, Amnesia Topogáficas II, and Vila del Rey house projects.
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This is to invite you to the launch of my book The Ultimate Skyscraper (or The Absolute Condo) today, 09/12, at “2009″ Restaurant (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) – an illustrated essay about the privatization of the world. Illustrations by Portuguese architect Vasco Mourão, graphic design by Nimbus; and research, text and original sketches by me. See you there!
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(Press release)
On December 2, 2009 at 6.30 p.m., architect Carlos Teixeira launched his book O Condomínio Absoluto, published by C/Arte, at Livraria da Vila – Vila Madalena on Rua Fradique Countinho 915, São Paulo. In parallel with his work in his own office – Vazio S/A Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Carlos has already written two books and he has also exhibited his projects in Venice Art Biennial (2004) and in São Paulo Art Biennial.
They are two books joint together. The first one, illustrated by the Portuguese illustrator Vasco Mourão, and defined by its author as a fantastic real epic, narrates the history of the São Paulo Tower project. It is considered to be the eventual tallest building in the world. It was proposed in 1999 by the Beattles former guru, Yogi Maharishi, in partnership with businessman Mario Garnero. The idea was not taken ahead due to the lack of funds. However, the mayor of São Paulo at the time has received the guru with arms opened. He wrote laws and ignored critics as he was keen on building it.
According to Carlos, “São Paulo Tower would be 85 times taller than the tallest building in the world”. In his first book, Carlos describes how the building would be. It would end up swallowing the whole city and it would embrace its main buildings such as Copan, Hotel Unique, Mosteiro de São Bento, Oca, Masp. It would also imprison all São Paulo citizens. Carlos finely ironically criticizes the Brazilian contemporary architecture, the tower project and the city itself.
The second book presents photos of the area of 70 blocks of buildings that would be knocked down if the tower was built. It also reproduces countless articles about the topic and presents what would have been the chronology of starting building it on May 12, 1999, at the time of the launching of Maharishi São Paulo Tower. In one of the second book essays, “A Densidade Máxima”, Carlos affirms that the Absolute Condominium architecture is only differentiated from other architectures by the space that separates home from work, streets from squares, or green from red traffic lights.
O Condomínio Absoluto can be purchased in bookshops all around Brazil for R$ 28.
The exhibit Minas Gerais: Arquitetura Contemporânea took place November 14 at Casa do Baile cultural centre in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte. Vazio S/A takes part in the event with the project Topographical Amnesias and as spokesperson in Urbanizing the buildings X Privatizing the City, a seminar presented on December 5, which was part of the exhibit program.
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The photos of the Edifício Montevideu and Architectonic Grafts models below, which are both very different, have been exhibited during the 8th São Paulo Architectural Biennial. The exhibit was on until December 6.
After a long time out of the web, we present here the website of Transtorna, a piece by Palacio das Artes Dance Co. with scenic design by Vazio S/A (see section ‘projects’). The site was conceived by Osso and appeared in Web Design Flashfolios, a catalogue of websites published by Taschen books.
Lígia Milagres
(Graduation Project, 2nd term/2008, supervised by Silke Kapp)
The following boards summarize the proposal of the Graduation Project developed by me at Escola de Arquitetura, UFMG, in 2008. The project suggests the insertion of free spaces through the routes and quotidian activities of the inhabitants of the oldest part in Bairro das Indústrias (Belo Horizonte). The spread of such spaces had been imagined in opposition to the gathering of “free” urban areas, sometimes in medium/big closed parks, sometimes in malls and areas of limited access.
