The office Vão is an example that the separation between art and architecture does not need to exist and that the hierarchy is fruitless for either side.
After a lot of reflection, random searches in the dictionary, and taking notes, the word
vão (lit. gap, span, vain) appeared. We didn t immediately embrace it, but as the days went by, its many interpretations started to excite us. In architecture, a span is a structural achievement in distance between supports, or still, a construction hiatus within a building.
Vão is the in-between; a place of possibilities, found in São Paulo s most important spaces: MASP, MUBE, FAU-USP, CCSP, and even SESC Pompeia.
Furthermore, vão is an inflection of the verb go (they go), which stands for our desire to build a collective path. The word can also relate to the expression