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— teaching
fala started the design studio 'good housing' at epfl lausanne (BA6-MA2), searching for alternative forms of housing in conditions as close as possible to that of actual practice, and making virtue out their concrete limitations. in parallel, fala's visiting studios continue at école d’architecture paris-est, at head geneva, and at università di genova. in the opposite direction, after five good years, fala's collaboration with iscte lisbon comes to an end.

— printed media
ceci n’est pas un portrait, a possible comprehensive depiction of a new generation of portuguese practices, is now published. with generous critical contributions by philip ursprung, mark lee, stephanie davidson, max kahlen, claudio schneider & michaela türtscher, suzuko yamada, rory gardiner, yushi sasada, colby vexler, roxane le grelle, and giulio galasso & natalia voroshilova. edited by fala and atelier local, with photos by francisco ascensão, and graphic design by and atelier; published by circo de ideias.

— lectures
2024.01 tunis
2024.04 ohio
2024.04 athens
2024.04 zurich
2024.07 berlin
2024.09 yerenvan
2024.09 london
2024.09 ciudad de méxico
2024.10 syracuse ny (zoom)
2024.10 epfl lausanne
2024.10 buenos aires
2024.11 cambridge (zoom)
2025.01 helsinki (zoom)
2025.01 tehran (zoom)
2025.01 madrid
2025.02 barcelona
2025.02 kyoto
2025.02 london

Index

217 , 216 , 215 , 214 , 213 , 212 , 211 , 210 , 209 , 208 , 207 , 206 , 205 , 204 , 203 , 202 , 201 , 200 , 199 , 198 , 197 , 196 , 195 , 194 , 193 , 192 , 191 , 190 , 189 , 188 , 187 , 186 , 185 , 184 , 183 , 182 , 181 , 180 , 179 , 178 , 177 , 176 , 175 , 174 , 173 , 172 , 171 , 170 , 169 , 168 , 167 , 166 , 165 , 164 , 163 , 162 , 161 , 160 , 159 , 158 , 157 , 156 , 155 , 154 , 153 , 152 , 151 , 150 , 149 , 148 , 147 , 146 , 145 , 144 , 143 , 142 , 141 , 140 , 139 , 138 , 137 , 136 , 135 , 134 , 133 , 132 , 131 , 130 , 129 , 128 , 127 , 126 , 125 , 124 , 123 , 122 , 121 , 120 , 119 , 118 , 117 , 116 , 115 , 114 , 113 , 112 , 111 , 110 , 109 , 108 , 107 , 106 , 105 , 104 , 103 , 102 , 101 , 100 , 099 , 098 , 097 , 096 , 095 , 094 , 093 , 092 , 091 , 090 , 089 , 088 , 087 , 086 , 085 , 084 , 083 , 082 , 081 , 080 , 079 , 078 , 077 , 076 , 075 , 074 , 073 , 072 , 071 , 070 , 069 , 068 , 067 , 066 , 065 , 064 , 063 , 062 , 061 , 060 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 056 , 055 , 054 , 053 , 052 , 051 , 050 , 049 , 048 , 047 , 046 , 045 , 044 , 043 , 042 , 041 , 040 , 039 , 038 , 037 , 036 , 035 , 034 , 033 , 032 , 031 , 030 , 029 , 028 , 027 , 026 , 025 , 024 , 023 , 022 , 021 , 020 , 019 , 018 , 017 , 016 , 015 , 014 , 013 , 012 , 011 , 010 , 009 , 008 , 007 , 006 , 005 , 004 , 003 , 002 , 001 , all

About

fala is an architecture practice based in porto and lausanne.

Team

filipe magalhães

porto, pt, 1987; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in ljubljana; collaborated with harry gugger in basel and sanaa in tokyo; guest professor in epfl lausanne and iscte lisbon; phd researcher at faup. partner at fala since 2013.

ana luisa soares

marco de canaveses, pt, 1988; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in the university of tokyo; collaborated with harry gugger in basel and toyo ito in tokyo; guest professor in epfl lausanne, head geneva and università di genova; phd researcher at faup. partner at fala since 2013.

ahmed belkhodja

lausanne, ch, 1990; graduated in architecture at epfl lausanne and at eth zurich; phd in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto; collaborated with obra architects in new york, harry gugger in basel and atelier bow wow in tokyo; guest professor in epfl lausanne, head geneva and ensa paris-est. partner at fala since 2014.

lera samovich

novokuznetsk, ru, 1991; graduated in architecture at moscow school of architecture; phd in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto; collaborated with bureau alexander brodsky and asse architects in moscow; guest professor in epfl lausanne. architect at fala since 2014; partner since 2021.

ana lima

miramar, pt, 1987; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in ljubljana; collaborated with mono, christian kerez and reto pedrocchi. architect at fala since 2013.

joão carlos lopes

leiria, pt, 1991; graduated in architecture at universidade de évora with an exchange year in dresden; collaborated with rui mendes, ricardo bak gordon and pedro matos gameiro. architect at fala since 2021.

catarina vilarinho

maia, pt, 1996; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange semester in mendrisio; collaborated with masslab. architect at fala since 2021.

mariana vieira da silva

lisboa, pt, 2000; master in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura de lisboa with an exchange semester in venice; intern at fala since 2025.

taewoo jin

seoul, kr, 2000; bachelor in architecture at myongji university with an exchange year in rome; collaborated with grazzini tonazzini colombo. intern at fala since 2025.

ana catarina silva

porto, pt, 2000; master in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto; collaborated with experimental in porto; author of the podcast 'arquitetura entre vistas' since 2020; researcher at fala since 2024.

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hojoon jang, yujin lee, eduardo loureiro, madita müller, horace de pourtalès, celeste assal, joana sendas, angel palmerin, martina porcino, elisa acquistapace, andrea occelli, dolma garcia sherpa, francesca girardi, virginia ricceri, beatriz branco, anna murisasco, carina pannatier, sajoua ettahri, nina guyot, jana von wyl, kentaro hayashi, costanza favero, elisa sassi, paulo sousa, rute peixoto, rikke sandbugte, anyana zimmermann, clara pailler, camelia petre, christina kavoura, mariana silva, diogo paixão, ana sevo, chiara carraro, julia andreychenko, thea orderud, ricardo leitão, francisco rocha, jack huang, gabriela králova, francesca lantieri, and jacopo lugli

Publications

a+u #637
2G #80
av proyectos #098, #123
butterflies
fala 01
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ceci n’est pas un portrait
1961 – 1992 Japan
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Bauwelt
Arquitecturaviva #256
L'Architecture d’Aujourd’hui
Butterflies
werk, bauen + wohnen
Daidalos
trans magazine
The Architect's Newspaper
The RIBA Journal
The Architectural Review
jornal dos arquitectos
metropolis
Rice Design Alliance
New York Magazine
an interior
dwell
domus
Igloo & Zeppelin
Drawing Matter
What Is A House For?
tracés

Exhibitions

hånd og maskin; the national museum, oslo
pictures; architekturgalerie, stuttgart
os novos novos; ccb, lisbon
em casa; ccb, lisbon
objects of fascination; mad, brussels
está nos desenhos; eaum, guimarães
in memoriam; yale university
architects at play; civa, brussels
alternative histories; the architecture foundation, london
what is ornament; lisbon architecture triennial
cats & columns; casa da cerca, almada
incerteza viva; portuguese pavilion, venice biennale
low-resolution houses; princeton school of architecture
room of plinths; chicago architecture biennial
spaces without drama; graham foundation, chicago
25 architects / 5 absent; pavillon de l’arsenal, paris
open house porto
open house lisbon
the state of the art of architecture; chicago architecture biennial
fala, 21 projects; cvernovka, bratislava
anticlimax; lisbon architecture triennial
p.o.p.; storefront gallery, new york

Lectures

good housing; kyoto
good housing; barcelona
houses, houses, houses, houses; buenos aires
good housing; epfl lausanne
as of today; eth zurich
archipelagos; benaki museum, athens
10 years; passos manuel, porto
La Villa Baizeau à Carthage; enau, tunis
houses are; arkitektforening, oslo
clocks and clouds; centennial hall, tokyo tech
six projects; tokyo university of arts
clocks and clouds; usi mendrisio
gloriously repeating; rice university, houston
constructing practice; gsapp, new york
polyphonic repertoire; bozar, brussels
methodic optimism; garage museum, moscow
cornice conversations; eth zurich
on transformations; s am, basel
fictions in vivo; eavt paris-est
portraits; graham foundation, chicago
europa; british pavilion, venice biennale
some houses; university of toronto
recent works; tu delft
tropes; architectural association, london
methodic optimism; barbican, london
borders; riba, london
current obsessions; bauhaus, weimar
circumstance; tu munich
persistency; casa dell’architettura, rome
task failed successfully; politecnico di milano
folly for an art piece; serralves foundation, porto
dots, lines & morphemes; faup, porto

Teaching

— visiting professors
epfl lausanne
head geneva
eavt paris-est
università di genova
iscte lisbon
politecnico di milano
university of toronto
royal academy of arts
fa bratislava

— guest critics
usi mendrisio
eth zurich
epfl lausanne
gsapp new york
kth stockholm
faup porto

— guest tutors
tu munich
iuav venice
porto academy
eavt paris-est
hda graz
fa muenster
fa liège

Honours

spotlight award 2020, rice university; winner (fala)
secil prize 2023; finalist (082)
prémio manuel graça dias; honourable mention (082)
prémio jovens arquitectos 2025; winner (082)
drawing matter writing prize 2021; winner (ahmed belkhodja)
mies van der rohe award 2022; nominated project (075)
mies van der rohe award 2019; nominated project (048)
debut award 2013, lisbon triennale; finalist (fala)
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public competition, lisbon (pt); 1st prize (184)
public competition, almada (pt); 1st prize (173)
public competition, setubal (pt); 1st prize (172)
public competition, malmö (se); 2nd prize (211)
public competition, tinne (it); 2nd prize (170)
public competition, kortrijk (be); 2nd prize (111)
public competition, almada (pt); 3rd prize (209)
invited competition, tirana (alb); 3rd prize (188)
mapublic competition, tienen (be); 3rd prize (158)
public competition, la sallaz (ch); 4th prize (204)
public competition, broc (ch); finalist (193)

clients

ihru ( 173 , 172 ) ;

sru lisboa ( 184 ) ;

maat museum ( 185 , 113 ) ;

serralves museum ( 068 ) ;

horst music festival ( 107 ) ;

lisbon triennale ( 004 ) ;

marco martins ( 189 ) ;

circo de ideias ( 201 ) ;

galeria municipal do porto ( 119 ) ;

teatro rivoli ( 074 ) ;

frontal ( 042 ) ;

migrant garden ( 033 ) ;

aefaup ( 009 ) ;

private ( 186 , 182 , 179 , 171 , 167 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 143 , 136 , 129 , 125 , 123 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 098 , 097 , 094 , 090 , 088 , 087 , 086 , 085 , 082 , 081 , 079 , 077 , 075 , 072 , 070 , 069 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 050 , 048 , 043 , 040 , 031 , 030 , 025 , 023 )

Writings

a poem

a floating feather in the city

the world as form

on joy in architecture

in the manner of fala

art of love

can incomprehensibility be structured?

an architecture that was not asked for

Stating the evident

wild juxtapositions by way of a confusing vocabulary

the disorienting column

a song of ice and fire

itsuko hasegawa, capturing an infinite distance

seriously playful

gloriously repeating

do not copy

post-possible architecture

the pictures generation

on the multivalence of drawing

topology and tracing paper

Collaborations

pomo ( 179 , 173 , 171 , 167 , 156 , 150 , 114 , 102 , 097 , 094 , 090 , 088 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 079 , 075 , 072 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 052 , 048 ) ;

paulo sousa ( 118 , 102 , 101 , 098 , 097 , 094 , 090 , 088 , 087 , 086 , 085 , 082 , 081 , 079 , 077 , 075 , 072 , 070 , 069 , 068 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 050 , 048 , 043 , 042 , 040 , 033 , 031 , 030 , 023 ) ;

mp+pp ( 186 , 184 , 182 , 179 , 173 , 172 , 167 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 143 , 129 , 125 , 118 , 102 , 101 , 097 , 094 , 088 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 069 ) ;

and atelier ( 173 ) ;

experimental ( 184 , 173 , 172 ) ;

util struktuurstudies + onkruid ( 107 ) ;

oh land ( 051 , 050 ) ;

bimtec ( 056 ) ;

sandra shizuka ( 004 ) ;

pomo ( 203 ) ;

Construction

civiflanco ( 186 , 179 , 150 , 144 , 136 , 098 , 097 , 090 , 088 , 082 , 075 , 069 , 057 ) ;

calipa ( 182 , 143 , 125 , 102 , 101 , 085 ) ;

maxrenova ( 203 , 171 , 114 , 070 , 058 ) ;

novos construtores ( 156 ) ;

ferreira leite ( 167 ) ;

engilaco ( 086 , 067 , 059 , 048 ) ;

ruce ( 081 , 052 , 030 ) ;

ogc ( 094 , 087 ) ;

mribeiro ( 118 ) ;

manuel maia ( 042 , 031 ) ;

artworks ( 201 , 189 ) ;

jst ( 079 , 068 , 051 , 050 ) ;

rbt ( 077 ) ;

asv ( 072 , 023 ) ;

joph ( 072 ) ;

tijolo cruzado ( 056 , 043 , 040 ) ;

civilcasa ( 056 ) ;

dejc ( 025 )

Photography

giulietta margot ( ugly ducks , 185 , 182 , 180 , 179 , 171 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 143 , 136 , 129 , 125 , 123 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 098 , 097 , 094 , 088 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 081 , 079 , 077 , 075 , 072 , 069 , 067 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 050 , 048 , 033 , 030 , 023 ) ;

francisco ascensão ( ceci n’est pas un portrait , 201 , 189 , 185 , 171 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 125 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 097 , 094 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 067 , 056 ) ;

rory gardiner ( 102 , 097 , 082 , 075 , 067 , 048 ) ;

maxime delvaux ( 107 ) ;

frederico martinho ( 079 ) ;

willem pab ( 098 , 085 ) ;

paulo catrica ( 079 , 068 ) ;

laurian ghinitoiu ( 090 , 088 , 079 , 075 , 067 ) ;

federico farinatti ( 114 , 085 ) ;

flávio pires ( 156 , 150 , 125 , 097 , 079 , 056 , 042 , 033 , 031 , 025 ) ;

lera samovich ( lera's cut outs , 203 , 201 , 182 , 179 , 171 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 143 , 125 , 102 , 097 , 094 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 048 ) ;

jack huang ( 098 , 088 , 079 , 067 ) ;

celeste assal ( 150 , 067 ) ;

francesca girardi ( 075 , 067 ) ;

estelle valente ( 189 ) ;

matilde viegas ( 082 ) ;

inês d’orey ( 056 ) ;

horst festival ( 107 ) ;

ivo tavares ( 136 , 125 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 097 , 094 , 087 , 082 , 079 , 077 , 056 , 051 , 050 , 023 ) ;

ricardo loureiro ( 090 , 088 , 086 , 081 , 075 , 074 , 072 , 070 , 068 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 048 , 030 , 023 ) ;

fernando guerra ( 043 , 040 , 025 , 004 ) ;

francisco nogueira ( 113 , 087 ) ;

antónio lopes ( 009 ) ;

bruno lança ( 201 ) ;

daniel malhão ( 113 ) ;

luís albuquerque ( 090 , 085 , 082 , 079 , 075 , 067 , 048 )

Applications

fala is currently not hiring. spontaneous applications should be sent by email to mail@falaatelier.com with a digital portfolio in pdf format. please note that we do not return printed portfolios.

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