Stephane at the space’s entry stairs.
Francisco NogueiraStephane Mulliez can imagine the future before it appears. As a visual artist, she has willed forms and shades to pop and fade on materials of her choosing, pulling them from her mind and onto something others could experience for themselves. So, when she had an idea to open an artist’s residency known as La Junqueira, it was as if this process had expanded: Stephane could picture the end result, but had yet to find the right canvas.
That was in 2012, and all she knew at the time was that the residency needed to be based in Lisbon. “Lisbon has a lot of great Portuguese and international artists who I wanted to help grow,” she says. Stephane spent two years looking for the right location until she came across an 18th-century building in the variegated neighborhood of Belém—which happened to be serendipitously close to museums. “It was still operating as a small primary school when I discovered it,” she says. “The balanced layout made it so that it only required a surface restoration.”
She partnered with Specific Architectos for the job, which was completed in 2017, and they crafted an address with sun-filled workspaces, a relaxed bedroom, and a garden primed for well-deserved happy hours. Below, Stephane chats about how La Junqueira came to be, her favorite detail amid all the eye-catching art, and how her penchant for bargains came in handy.
The 18th-century building was once a primary school before Stephane and Specific Architectos reimagined it as an artist’s residency.
Francisco NogueiraClever: What’s most important to you when designing a space?
Stephane Mulliez: To bring this project to life, I looked for a place where one could live and a place where one could create. My desire was to merge family life and artistic exchanges centered around the creative process. The latter led me toward a spacious and practical design. We partnered with Portuguese architectural firm Specific Architectos, and designed a space that can host an artist twice a year for three months.
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