Filipe Magalhães is expected to take office, along with his studio, on January 2, 2026, for a term of four years.
This selection comes as a result of a public competition held in June of this year, which saw the participation of numerous professionals, the CCB stated in a press release.
Filipe Magalhães will be responsible for defining and developing the programming for the Architecture Center, reporting directly to the MAC/CCB management and in coordination with other areas of that cultural center.
Born in Porto in 1987, Filipe Magalhães is an architect from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto (FAUP), where he is completing his doctorate, and is “interested in the role of the architect as an author and the domestic space as a work of art.”
He has worked with Harry Gugger in Basel and Kazuyo Sejima in Japan, taught in Toronto, Munich, Lisbon, and Lausanne, and is the author and co-author of editorial projects published “on varied and intertwined topics, like the fiction of Kazuo Shinohara, drawing as a tangible representation, or a new wave of Portuguese practices.”
In 2013, he founded the fala studio in Porto together with Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, and Lera Samovich.
Over the years, he has collaborated with various universities and international institutions, including the Centennial Hall in Tokyo, ETH Zurich, RIBA in London, GSAPP in New York, the Graham Foundation in Chicago, BOZAR in Brussels, and the Casa dell’Architettura in Rome.
His work has been presented at exhibitions such as the Venice and Chicago Architecture Biennales, the Serralves Foundation, and the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris.
The curatorial proposal now selected reflects the concerns and trajectory of the fala studio, valuing the relevance of the debate on architecture in the European context and its connection with society.
Filipe Magalhães proposes to “challenge norms with the public” and “create generous yet unsettling exhibitions,” arguing that “all spaces deserve tenderness,” especially in “the beauty of what is neglected,” and that architecture is simultaneously an “act of fiction and empathy.”
The position of curator of the Architecture Center at MAC/CCB was previously held by Mariana Pestana.
