\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Porto-based fala atelier<\/strong><\/a> turns the traditional pitched roof<\/strong><\/a> on its head, creating a house<\/strong><\/a> defined by a gently curved and sharply slanted silhouette that breaks from the uniformity of its residential surroundings. Titled 125, the home sits in a quiet suburb of Matosinhos, Portugal<\/strong><\/a>, perched atop a translucent plinth with an inverted sloped roof giving rise to an expressive, sculptural volume. Its elevations are punctuated by round and square windows, green and blue shutters, and a palette of crisp whites and muted hues that lend it the appearance of a paper collage rendered in three dimensions. Within, the studio carefully composes concrete<\/strong><\/a>, glass brick, and marble as layered surfaces that intersect and fold around each other.<\/p>\n all images courtesy of fala atelier<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The house takes a design approach that balances precision with idiosyncrasy in its forms, materiality, and programming. A rhythmic arrangement of round and square openings punctuates the white exterior walls, with colored shutters in blue and green animating the facade. Some elevations resemble abstract faces while others playfully evoke paper collages with scattered color fields.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Throughout, fala atelier\u2019s architecture<\/strong><\/a> reads like a child\u2019s drawing rendered in marble, glass, and concrete \u2014 simultaneously rigorous and naive. Each surface, whether folded, tilted, or curved, has also been deliberately crafted and composed. Walls in green, blue, and black contrast with the muted palette, while the roof\u2019s unique profile challenges the visual norms of its suburban context.<\/p>\n fala atelier turns the traditional pitched roof on its head<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Moving inside, the house continues to experiment with spatial conventions to infuse elements of architectural surprise. Five slender, mint-green concrete columns weave through rooms without following any clear, typical structural logic, with one even standing freely on the terrace, supporting nothing at all.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Spaces shift as you move through them, as the living room opens to the garden and connects to an office above, while the master bedroom tucks itself into a curved corner beneath the roof. Double-height ceilings, angled walls, and additional unexpected moments in the layout give the interior a sense of balance that echoes the precision of the geometries while feeling improvised. As the team at fala atelier describes, \u2018the figure of the house is simultaneously complete and broken.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n the house is defined by a gently curved and sharply slanted silhouette<\/p>\n the design breaks from the uniformity of its residential surroundings<\/p>\n located in a quiet suburb of Matosinhos, Portugal<\/p>\n unctuated by round and square windows, green and blue shutters, and a palette of crisp whites and muted hues<\/p>\n a design approach that balances precision with idiosyncrasy in its forms, materiality, and programming<\/p>\n double-height ceilings, angled walls, and additional unexpected moments in the layout<\/p>\n each surface, whether folded, tilted, or curved, has also been deliberately crafted and composed<\/p>\n the unconventional volumes carry through to the interiors<\/p>\n five mint-green concrete columns weave through rooms without following any clear, typical structural logic<\/p>\n some elevations resemble abstract faces, while others playfully evoke paper collages with scattered color fields<\/p>\n the architecture reads like a child\u2019s drawing rendered in marble, glass, and concrete<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name: <\/strong>fala 125<\/p>\n architect:\u00a0<\/strong>fala atelier<\/a> | @fala.atelier<\/a><\/p>\n design team:<\/strong> Filipe Magalha\u0303es, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Lera Samovich, Joana Sendas, Jo\u00e3o Carlos, mp+pp (engineering), Calipa (contactor)<\/p>\n location:\u00a0<\/strong>Portugal<\/p>\n The post fala atelier inverts the sloped roof with slants and curves for this sculptural home in portugal<\/a> appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" fala atelier inverts the sloped roof for a playful suburban home \u00a0 Porto-based fala atelier turns the traditional pitched roof on its head, creating a house defined by a gently curved and sharply slanted silhouette … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nthe contrasting geometries perch on a translucent plinth<\/h2>\n
mint-green columns are scattered freely across the space<\/h2>\n