2G No. 80 FALA ATELIER

2G Magazine80Filipe MagalhesAna Luisa SoaresAhmed Belkhodja2013fala2008fala

Do Not Copy. Tibor Joanelly / Post-possible Architecture. Pedro Bandeira / The Pictures Generation. Kersten Geers / House for Three Generations, Marco de Canaveses / House in Paraso, Porto / Reasonable Housing, Penafiel / House in Fontanhas, Porto / House with a Curved Wall, Porto / House with Four Columns, Porto / House and Atelier, Porto / Folly for an Art Piece / Broken House, Porto / House under a Big Roof, Famalico /Six Houses and a Garden, Porto / Suspended House, Porto / Small House with a Monumental Shower, Amarante / Apartment on a Mint Floor, Porto / House along a Wall, Porto / Uneven House, Porto / Folly for Sun and Sound, Brussels / Nexus Gloriously Repeating. fala

fala is a young architecture practice founded in 2013 in Porto, and led by Filipe Magalhes (Porto, 1987), Ana Luisa Soares (Porto, 1988) and Ahmed Belkhodja (Lausanne, 1990). Both hedonistic and restrained, the studio takes lightness and joy very seriously. Their projects can be characterized by a strong tendency towards autonomy, or better: towards an emerging independence of architectural language. The development of an own style is connected with another typical kind of commissions. Many of the refurbishment projects in Porto were initiated by private investors, trying to make a fortune by real estate speculation. After the economic crisis of 2008 the downtowns of Porto and Lisbon were confronted with a rampant boom in tourism. Speculation was propelled by special governmental measures such as the relief of a far-reaching protection against dismissal or the easy availability of golden visas. This may be the reason why some of fala’s projects come across like topical declinations of the same program: separation of auxiliary functions from the main space, zoning of the plan, opening and staging of the view onto a small courtyard.

CONTENTS
Do Not Copy. Tibor Joanelly / Post-possible Architecture. Pedro Bandeira / The Pictures Generation. Kersten Geers / House for Three Generations, Marco de Canaveses / House in Paraso, Porto / Reasonable Housing, Penafiel / House in Fontanhas, Porto / House with a Curved Wall, Porto / House with Four Columns, Porto / House and Atelier, Porto / Folly for an Art Piece / Broken House, Porto / House under a Big Roof, Famalico /Six Houses and a Garden, Porto / Suspended House, Porto / Small House with a Monumental Shower, Amarante / Apartment on a Mint Floor, Porto / House along a Wall, Porto / Uneven House, Porto / Folly for Sun and Sound, Brussels / Nexus Gloriously Repeating. fala