What Metro Arquitetos does

Metro Arquitetos Associados is a privately-held architecture studio founded in 2000 in São Paulo, Brazil, by directors Martin Corullon, Gustavo Cedroni, and Marina Ioshii. The studio delivers architectural design services across institutional, cultural, commercial, residential, and urban planning sectors, with projects spanning temporary exhibitions, museum and gallery design, corporate and retail interiors, buildings, and large-scale urban interventions. Core offerings include full-service architecture, exhibition design (expografia), museography, urban planning, and a consumer product line called Metro Objetos.

The studio operates a professional services model with project-based commissions secured through architectural competitions, direct institutional and corporate engagements, and international collaborations with firms such as OMA. Notable clients include MASP, Nestlé, Tiffany & Co., Aesop, Itaú, BNDES, Natura, ITA, and Gol, alongside nonprofit projects such as Refettorio Gastromotiva. The firm maintains a long-running co-design relationship with Pritzker Prize laureate Paulo Mendes da Rocha and has delivered projects in Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Uruguay, and Japan, including the Brazilian Pavilion for Expo Osaka 2025. Recognition includes AIA New Practices NY-SP (2011) and two APCA Prizes (2012, 2016), with features in Casabella, Domus, L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui, and Wallpaper.

Name

Metro Arquitetos

Legal name

Metro Arquitetos Associados

Website

https://metroarquitetos.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Metro Arquitetos Associados is a São Paulo–based architecture studio, founded in 2000, that designs cultural institutions, museums, urban interventions, luxury retail, and residential projects for enterprise and institutional clients across Brazil and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture services including project design, exhibition design (expografia), urban planning, and interior design for institutional, cultural, commercial, and residential clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Metro Arquitetos is an architecture studio that provides professional architectural design services across institutional, commercial, cultural, and residential sectors. The studio develops projects on various scales, from temporary exhibitions and installations to master planning and urban interventions, including exhibition design (expografia), museum design, urban planning, retail store design, and residential architecture. The studio also sells a consumer product line of design objects (Metro Objetos).

Product overview

Metro Arquitetos is an architecture studio (not a software company) that provides architectural and design services across multiple scales and sectors. The core offering is architecture and design services spanning institutional, commercial, cultural, and residential projects. The portfolio includes completed buildings, exhibition designs, urban interventions, and a consumer product line called Metro Objetos featuring design objects such as ceramics, furniture, and lighting. The studio works on projects from temporary exhibitions to large-scale urban planning, often collaborating with renowned architects like Paulo Mendes da Rocha and international firms like OMA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Metro Objetos: Product line including ceramics, wall-mounted coat racks, and other design objects
• Casa Triângulo

Products and services

• Architecture Design Services Full-service architecture studio providing architectural design services across institutional, commercial, cultural, and residential sectors, from temporary exhibitions and installations to master planning and urban interventions.
• Exhibition Design (Expografia) Exhibition design and scenography services for museums, galleries, and cultural institutions, including display devices, spatial arrangement, and narrative development for art exhibitions. Long-term provider for MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art).
• Urban Planning and Master Planning Urban interventions, master planning, public space design, and city planning consultancy services.
• Metro Objetos Design objects and product line including ceramics, wall-mounted coat racks, tiles (ladrilhos), benches, and lighting fixtures designed by Metro Arquitetos and sold through an online store.

Quantifiable outcome

• Exhibition design spanning 3,684 m² at MASP across multiple exhibitions including Portinari, French Art, Italian Art, Brazilian 20th Century Art, and León Ferrari exhibitions
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Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MetaformacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Client for Basílio 177 residential complex project - a major retrofit and new construction development in São Paulo's República region.
• Guilherme WisnikminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Curator for the Expo Osaka 2025 Brazil Pavilion project.
• ItaúminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Partnership with Itaú for Centro Aberto urban intervention projects, where Itaú supports the São Paulo city government's central area reurbanization initiative.
• Gehl ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Danish urban planning consultancy providing methodological guidance for Centro Aberto public space intervention projects in São Paulo.
• OMA NY (Office for Metropolitan Architecture)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Collaborative partnership with OMA NY led by Shohei Shigematsu on the RPJ MULTIUSO mixed-use project in São Paulo's Brooklin district. Metro contributed alongside OMA as co-authors with Nitsche Arquitetos.
• Nitsche ArquitetoscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Co-authorship with Lua Nitsche and Pedro Nitsche on the RPJ MULTIUSO project, working alongside OMA and Metro.
• Paulo Mendes da RochacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Long-standing collaboration with Pritzker Prize and Golden Lion Award winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha since 1994. Co-designed projects including Cais das Artes, MAM Santos, Museum of 20th Century Berlin competition, and Aesop's first Brazilian store.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Isay Weinfeld: Brazilian architecture studio working across cultural, hospitality and residential sectors with similar international publications and luxury client base; closely comparable firm operating at similar scale and aesthetic register.
• UNA Arquitetos: Brazilian studio with similar cultural-institution, educational and residential portfolio; comparable in scale, project typology, and São Paulo-headquartered positioning.
• Rino Levi Arquitetos: Historic São Paulo architecture office with deep portfolio in cultural, educational and large-scale institutional projects; comparable on institutional typology although significantly older.
• Triptyque Architecture: São Paulo-based contemporary practice working across cultural, commercial and urban scales with international presence and publications; closely aligned design orientation and project types as Metro.
• Bernardes Arquitetura: Rio de Janeiro architecture practice with similar high-end residential, cultural and commercial portfolio and prominent Brazilian-institutional clients; comparable scale and design reputation.
• SPBR Arquitetos: São Paulo firm led by Angelo Bucci with comparable interest in research-driven, culturally-attuned contemporary Brazilian architecture and similar residential / cultural project mix.
• FGMF Arquitetos: São Paulo firm Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz; comparable Brazilian practice with strong cultural, residential and commercial portfolio, awards profile and similar headcount range.

Broad incumbents

• Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA): Global architecture firm and documented partner of Metro on the 2012 RPJ Multiuso project; broader scale and global reach, but overlapping cultural and mixed-use project sectors.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm where director Martin Corullon worked (London 2008–2009); operates at vastly larger scale but in overlapping cultural, urban and high-end project categories.

Peers

• Studio MK27: São Paulo-based architecture studio founded by Marcio Kogan with comparable profile: high-end residential, cultural and retail projects, expanded scale internationally, published in Casabella and Wallpaper. Directly comparable firm in Brazilian contemporary architecture of similar size and prestige.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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