Fala atelier designed “dim cloud” in Porto, Portugal, a bland office space that needed to be reinvented.
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A dull commission: a bland office space was to be reinvented. Previous partitions were demolished and layers of plaster were peeled off from the centered concrete columns. Two convoluted surfaces are introduced—one becomes a dividing wall, and the other makes a new ceiling.
The complex intersection is carefully measured and calibrated. Secondary programs find their places behind the stepped surface. Doors are proudly present, while the floor is proudly cheap. The wavy blue ceiling is populated by an even grid of mine lamps, suggesting references from another time and place.
Beams of light are reflected on a multitude of broken surfaces. The space gleams and reverberates.
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Facts & Credits
Project title: fala #136 “dim cloud”
Location: Porto, Portugal
Date: 2021
Status: Built
Project team: Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Lera Samovich, Ana Lima, Francesca Girardi, Virginia Riccieri
Surface area: 115m2
Photography: Ivo Tavares, Giulietta Margot
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