2G 80. Fala Atelier

Fala ist ein junges einflussreiches Architekturbüro, das 2013 in Porto gegründet wurde. 20 seiner Projekte aus Portugal werden hier vorgestellt. Sie reichen von Landschaftsplanung über Neu¬ und Umbauten bis hin zu Vogelhäusern. Charakteristisch ist eine klare Linienführung, in der sich dennoch unterschiedlichste Formen¬ sprachen treffen. Ihre Projekte vermitteln eine thematische Deklinationen desselben Programms: Trennung der Nebenfunktionen vom Hauptraum, Zonierung des Plans, Öffnung und Inszenierung des Blicks auf einen kleinen Innenhof.
Fala is a young architecture practice founded in 2013 in Porto, and led by Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja. Hedonistic yet 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.
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.