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Fab Architectes: A Reparative Practice Against Spectacle Architecture

architecture-design · 2026-05-29

Fab Architectes, founded by Pauline Bourgade and Salvador Figueras, both alumni of RCR Arquitectes (2017 Pritzker Prize winners), develops a reparative architectural practice focused on usage and existing constraints, countering spectacle architecture. Their work spans artist studios, cinemas, and town centers, emphasizing adaptation to existing structures and lifestyles.

Key facts

  • Fab Architectes is led by Pauline Bourgade and Salvador Figueras.
  • Both architects trained at RCR Arquitectes, winner of the 2017 Pritzker Prize.
  • The practice is described as reparative and attentive to usage.
  • Their approach contrasts with spectacle architecture.
  • Projects include an artist studio, a cinema, and a town center.
  • They work from existing structures, constraints, and ways of life.

Entities

Artists

  • Pauline Bourgade
  • Salvador Figueras

Institutions

  • Fab Architectes
  • RCR Arquitectes

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