{"id":957078,"date":"2026-11-08T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/957078\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T13:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:14:12","slug":"fala-atelier-embeds-creates-cookie-cutter-retreat-in-porugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/957078\/","title":{"rendered":"Fala Atelier embeds creates Cookie Cutter Retreat in Porugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three semicircular volumes of different scales make up this retreat for digital nomads in Portugal<\/a>, completed by Porto architecture studio Fala Atelier<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Partially embedded into a hillside in Sobral de Monte Agra\u00e7o, the Cookie Cutter Retreat was conceived to accommodate digital nomads across its three concrete volumes containing a private house, a shared dwelling and an adaptable hall.<\/p>\n

The three volumes are nearly identical, emerging from the site with blocky, blue chimneys and topped with grass roofs, which Fala Atelier<\/a> said \u201calmost disappear\u201d into the landscape.<\/p>\n

\"Retreat<\/p>\n

Plans and photographs<\/p>\n

Close<\/p>\n

\u201cThe three buildings enjoy considerable freedom in their relationships with the site, the slope and one another, sharing a geometric vocabulary without submitting to a rigid overall composition,\u201d the studio told Dezeen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a distance, they almost disappear, leaving the windows and bright blue chimneys to announce their presence,\u201d it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir placement makes the landscape a fluid game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorPhoto by Lera Samovich<\/p>\n

The retreat\u2019s three buildings were scaled as small, medium and large versions of the same semicircular volume. and built with the same materials and dimension ratios.<\/p>\n

Each one is composed of a concrete frame, which is embedded into the landscape and incorporates round columns. These are adorned with glazed fronts and tilted metal canopies.<\/p>\n

Diagonal walls slice through each of the volumes to distinguish the public and private areas, behind which are spaces that draw on houses by architects Frank Gehry, Toyo Ito and Alvaro Siza, according to Fala Atelier. <\/p>\n

\"Shared<\/p>\n

\u201cEach [volume] is divided by a diagonal wall, placing a dense collection of small rooms beside an expansive, almost empty space,\u201d the studio said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe treated fragments of [Gehry, Ito and Siza\u2019s] plans as objets trouv\u00e9s<\/a>, borrowing their internal formal relationships almost verbatim.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hall, which is the largest of the three spaces, was designed by Fala Atelier to \u201chost almost any activity\u201d. <\/p>\n

Its front portion is open plan, while private spaces sit behind, finished with a combination of white-painted and tile-clad walls contrasted by blue and fluorescent-yellow details.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Tiled<\/p>\n

This same materiality and colour palette is repeated throughout the retreat\u2019s private and shared dwellings to create a consistent visual language across the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consistency allows the differences to become more intriguing,\u201d the studio said.\u00a0\u201cYou recognise the family immediately, even if you briefly wonder which relative you have entered,\u201d it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"A<\/p>\n

\n Read:\n <\/p>\n

Inverted roof creates sculptural interiors for home in Porto by Fala Atelier<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Portugal, Corkinho used solid cork to construct a pavilion dedicated to silence in Alentejo<\/a> and Ant\u00f3nio Costa Lima Arquitectos has completed a warehouse-style housing block in Lisbon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n Photography by Francisco Ascens\u00e3o<\/a>
\n (unless stated otherwise)\n <\/p>\n

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