{"id":300,"date":"2018-12-20T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/fala-atelier\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T04:51:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:51:34","slug":"fala-atelier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/materials\/fala-atelier\/","title":{"rendered":"How 3 Young Architects Founded a Firm at 25 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>Architects: Showcase your next project through\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Architizer<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0and sign up for our\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizer\/newslettersubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>inspirational newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>A young practice currently based in Porto, Portugal, <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/fala-atelier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fala atelier<\/a>\u00a0was founded in 2013 by three architects: Filipe Magalh\u00e3es, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja. Filipe and Ana Luisa both studied architecture in Porto before going to the Fakulteta za Arhitekturo in Ljubljana and Tokyo University, respectively. Ahmed Belkhodja, who was born in Lausanne, studied at ETH Zurich as well as Lausanne, Gothenburg and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48341 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cab_fala_portrait_courtesychicagoarchitecturebiennial.2000x0.jpg\" alt=\"fala atelier\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cab_fala_portrait_courtesychicagoarchitecturebiennial.2000x0.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cab_fala_portrait_courtesychicagoarchitecturebiennial.2000x0-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cab_fala_portrait_courtesychicagoarchitecturebiennial.2000x0-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cab_fala_portrait_courtesychicagoarchitecturebiennial.2000x0-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All three members started their architecture careers working for Harry Gugger in Basel before moving on to firms in New York and Tokyo. Filipe practiced with <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/sanaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SANAA<\/a>, Ana Luisa with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyo-ito.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyo Ito<\/a> and Ahmed with New York\u2013based <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/obra-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OBRA Architects<\/a> before joining <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/atelier-bow-wow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atelier Bow-Wow<\/a>, also in Tokyo. Architizer talked with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falaatelier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fala<\/a> to learn more about the practice and its design process, which includes intricate drawings and bold design statements in built form, peeking into the firm\u2019s overall philosophy on architecture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465931072558anticlimax.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465931072558anticlimax.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465931072558anticlimax.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465931072558anticlimax.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465931072558anticlimax.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465931072558anticlimax.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/anticlimax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anticlimax: a report on the metabolist dream<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b> Chlo\u00e9 Vadot: How did the practice start?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FALA atelier: FALA was born in 2013 in Tokyo\u2019s Nakagin Capsule Tower, where it was based for a year writing texts for international magazines about the Metabolist experience. After moving to Porto, Portugal, it retained a fascination for the relationship between intimate spaces and utopian visions. FALA atelier draws from the various professional, academic and curatorial experiences of its leaders \u2014 Filipe Magalh\u00e3es, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja \u2014 in Portugal, Switzerland, the United States and Japan, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The atelier\u2019s work has been exhibited in a variety of international venues, from the Venice Biennale to the Chicago Architecture Biennale, and presented in lectures around the globe. In addition to the office\u2019s production, fala has been teaching architecture theory seminars at Bratislava\u2019s Faculty of Architecture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932403331chiado_apartment.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932403331chiado_apartment.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932403331chiado_apartment.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932403331chiado_apartment.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932403331chiado_apartment.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932403331chiado_apartment.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/chiado-apartment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chiado apartment<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>FALA atelier describes itself as \u201ca na\u00efve architectural practice.\u201d Could you elaborate on this and relate the principle of na\u00efvet\u00e9 to your work and process?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FALA focuses on the production of both residential-scale architecture and oneiric competition proposals. The atelier applies the same optimism and serious vivacity to all projects, from territories to birdhouses. The projects are a medley of formal languages, references, quotations and themes, only regulated by an obsession for clarity. The produced architecture is both intuitive and rhetorical.<\/p>\n<p>Na\u00efvety simply refers to the way we approach each project. We always think that trying something is more important than doing things \u201ccorrectly.\u201d Even the simple fact that we decided so early to open an office \u2014 we were 25 \u2014 is a very na\u00efve gesture. We often have the feeling that if we don&#8217;t take \u201cna\u00efve\u201d risks, it won\u2019t get very interesting for us. We try to let our innocent, first ideas become something important. It can actually make for a very complex trajectory, because the project still has to be coherent and make sense in the end.<\/p>\n<p>We embrace na\u00efvety as a tool, not a burden. When we talk, we always sound extremely positive and optimistic, but it\u2019s very difficult to start an office and make it stable, especially in a market like Portugal. As you can imagine, it is not the most flourishing economy right now. We could have been architects with a position in a big office, but we decided to leave that comfort and lose that extra digit in our salary in order to achieve something more important to us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932590320a_house_for_a_bird.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932590320a_house_for_a_bird.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932590320a_house_for_a_bird.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932590320a_house_for_a_bird.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932590320a_house_for_a_bird.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932590320a_house_for_a_bird.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/a-house-for-a-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a house for a bird<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The drawings that accompany the projects are extremely precise, detailed, beautiful and also a little childlike. How do these inform your design process?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Images and drawings complement and contradict each other. We cannot work without one or the other: Together they create an uneasy whole, unfolding each project as a series of visual metaphors. Collages are impressionist expressions, drawings are frozen rhetorics. Images have feelings, drawings are rational \u2014 unbearable sometimes in their seriousness.<\/p>\n<p>Imprecise and speculative images are thus stronger tools than closed, photorealistic representations. Their uncertainties generate a necessary limbo: They create a distance to reality. Collages quote, steal and combine references while searching for beauty in a blunt and na\u00efve way. Mistakes become valuable and fascination arises from the visual construction, from the manipulation of fragments in a world dense of references. Intellectual in intention, they are a fragile and humble portraying exercise, the marriage of architecture\u2019s rationality with the inconsistent beauties of reality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812667flagship_store.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812667flagship_store.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812667flagship_store.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812667flagship_store.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812667flagship_store.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812667flagship_store.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/flagship-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flagship store<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Do you design the furniture for your projects, or work with specific manufacturers that you know well?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We do a little of both. We tend to collaborate on the projects right until the end, including for the construction and smaller furniture elements, and so on. Sometimes, we design furniture elements \u2014 we are currently doing a complete series for a project in Lisbon \u2014 but most times, we select the pieces from different suppliers. We are still expanding our field of action \u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812662real_estate_agency.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812662real_estate_agency.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812662real_estate_agency.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812662real_estate_agency.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812662real_estate_agency.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465932812662real_estate_agency.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/real-estate-agency-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>real estate agency<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Your projects are both minimalist and show a lot of texture, patterns and touches of color. What materials and colors do you prefer to work with and why?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As every architect does, we have our own guilty pleasures: marble, strongly colored elements on white backgrounds, little ornaments \u2026 Sometimes, these are just circumstantial; other times, they are part of a planned discourse for a specific project.<\/p>\n<p>White represents abstraction and defines a clear canvas. This is why we often start by working in plan and section, as well as in axos, in order to define the space, imagining it completely white. During this process, colors and textures start to appear together with the project idea. Materials and colors are not islands inside the project, but rather they are part of it from the start.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465933543813warehouse_house.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465933543813warehouse_house.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465933543813warehouse_house.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465933543813warehouse_house.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465933543813warehouse_house.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1465933543813warehouse_house.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/warehouse-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warehouse house<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>To see more projects by fala atelier, visit the complete Architizer profile <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/fala-atelier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Architects: Showcase your next project through\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Architizer<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0and sign up for our\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizer\/newslettersubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>inspirational newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Cover Image: <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.falaatelier.com\/portugal-dos-pequenitos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Visitor Center for a Theme Park<\/i><\/a><i>, Coimbra, Portugal, Invited Competition, 2nd Prize.\u00a0<\/i><i>Interview edited for clarity.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We embrace na\u00efvety as a tool, not a burden,&#8221; says fala 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