Ciro Miguel is an architect, photographer, and curator based in Zurich and São Paulo. His work explores alternative narratives of the built environment, using photography and visual archives. As a photographer, he focuses on the everyday of architecture, on how buildings are inhabited, appropriated, and maintained.
He holds a professional diploma from the University of São Paulo (FAU USP), a Master’s degree from Columbia University (GSAPP), and a Doctorate from the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich.
At ETH Zurich, he conducted research and design studios alongside Prof. Angelo Bucci (2013) and Prof. Marc Angélil (2014–19). Professionally, he has worked as a partner at SPBR Arquitetos and as a design architect at Bernard Tschumi Architects in New York.
Ciro was co-curator of Todo dia/Everyday, the 12th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo (2019), and his work has been exhibited at the Venice and São Paulo Biennales, as well as at institutions such as the Architekturmuseum der TU München, S AM Basel, the Center for Architecture New York, the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, the Het Nieuwe Instituut, and Casa da Arquitectura.
Recent publications include: “Staging Civicness in Brasília” (Materia Arquitectura, no. 29, 2025), “An Iconic Order: The Columns of Oscar Niemeyer,” (ARQ, no.119, 2025) and “Pinacoteca do Estado,” in Constructed Geographies: Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Casa da arquitectura/Yale Press, 2024). He is co-editor of Everyday Matters: Contemporary Approaches to Architecture (Ruby Press, 2022) and gta Papers Amazônía (gta Verlag, 2025).
For collaborations:
ciromiguel@gmail.com