Each project can be a powerful context transformation tool. This is one of the conceptual bases of BLOCO Arquitetos, founded by Daniel Mangabeira, Henrique Coutinho and Matheus Seco. Based in Brasília, the Brazilian capital and a symbol of modern architecture worldwide, the office works at different scales and programs, and is characterized by its multidisciplinary work that encompasses initiatives to value Brazilian architectural culture and the profession itself.
As architecture students at UnB during the 1990s, the founding architects restlessly experienced the review and critique of the modernist legacy and its premises. As interns, they went through different experiences at a time marked by the profusion of experimental stylistic approaches and, when they found themselves in these professional practices, they decided to found their own office - which was initially called Mundo Quatro, then Domo and, in 2008, had the name BLOCO Arquitetos signed after a meeting with Carla Juaçaba, Fernando Fortes and Bruno Santa Cecília.
