BC&A, is an architectural office, based in Viana do Castelo, in the North of Portugal, whose multidisciplinary team develops architectural projects in all their aspects, social, cultural, tourist, commercial, industrial, etc.

Overall, it is clear that the future is subtly moving us towards standardization processes and their maximization, where quality control systems prevail. It is an inevitable reality, with which we are currently being confronted, not only due to the scarcity of specialized labor in the construction area, but above all due to the time factor, which nowadays overrides the importance of the spatial dimension.

Design is the basis of our project process. It is with sketches and freehand drawings that we communicate as a team. It is with him that the project was born and during its development we see its features become more rigid and more geometric. Geometry is the tool that allows us to control the design, to give it more rigor and that is always present when guaranteeing the appropriate scale of the spaces we design, allowing us to control the proportion between them, in the search for achieving spatial aesthetic harmony. in the proposed final image.

The next projects will certainly influence and reflect the knowledge acquired in the exploration of different techniques and materials, always framed in art and history in general, allowing users to see themselves in the era in which they live.

We create architecture to serve the needs of 21st century human beings. XXI

The main core of the company is made up of architects Branco Cavaleiro, Carina Viana, Vitor Couteiro, Vanessa Arezes and Maria Araújo. The company started with small projects, gradually increasing to the point where today we do it on a global scale, with a strong influence in Africa, a continent that still offers creative freedom, a freedom of design that we cannot find in more bureaucratized countries.