As part of the development of the MAAT Museum (Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology) in Lisbon, the studio Fala Atelier transforms what was previously a technical cabin, into a ticket office and small bar.

Inaugurated in November 2016, the MAAT Museum is located directly on the banks of the Tagus River, next to the Industrial complex, and the Electricity Museum, located in the former Central Tejo steam factory, in the parish of Belém.
The intervention by Fala Atelier is concise and neat. What was previously a narrow obstructed room is reduced to its minimum expression, thanks to the elimination of partitions that obstructed the space where the beams are left exposed.

The finishes and materials integrate and harmonize the space thanks to the complementarity that exists between them. The countertop piece, with a striped black and white marble finish, is placed as a piece that articulates and organizes the space.
 

Description of project by Fala Atelier

The former technical space is transformed into a ticket office and a small bar. The obstructed narrow room is stripped down to its bare minimum, the disruptive partitions are gone, the beams are let out. A concise set of interventions is then performed. The walls are cladded in white tiles with a subtle chessboard pattern and flirtatious pink joints. The discontinuous ceiling is painted in blue, doors and window frames are touched with a tint of light green. Every surface and element are self-contained yet complimentary.

However, the room is disrupted by an impudent object. A striped counter of black and white marble is placed both precisely and bluntly. The long dapper box is slightly tilted and takes up the entire the space. The well dressed counter accommodates a small kitchen, a bar, multitude of cabinets, and a ticket machine. The same tabby box occurs at the info point, concluding a sporadic, though consistent intervention.

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Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Ana Lima, Lera Samovich, Joana Sendas.
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50 sqm.
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2020.
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Lisbon, Portugal.
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Fala Atelier is a naïve architecture practice based in Porto, led by Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja. Established in 2013, the atelier works with methodic optimism on a wide range of projects, from territories to birdhouses.

Filipe Magalhães (Porto, 1987) graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do Porto and Fakulteta za Arhitekturo in Ljubljana; wrote the thesis ‘between the abstract and the figurative’. Worked with Harry Gugger in Basel and Aanaa in Tokyo. Visiting professor at Bratislava’s faculty of architecture.

Ana Luisa Soares (Porto, 1988) graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do Porto and Tokyo university; wrote the thesis ‘The matter of ideas’. Worked with Harry Gugger in Basel and Toyo Ito in Tokyo. Visiting professor at Bratislava’s faculty of architecture.

Ahmed Belkhodja (Lausanne, 1990) graduated in architecture at ETH Zurich after having also studied in Lausanne, Gothenburg and Singapore; worked with Harry Gugger in Basel, Obra architects in New York, and Atelier Bow-wow in Tokyo.
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Published on: September 28, 2021
Cite: "Scale change. Infopoint and ticket office by Fala Atelier" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/scale-change-infopoint-and-ticket-office-fala-atelier> ISSN 1139-6415
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