Fabrica takes methodologies of both architecture and textile design to create a space with its own specific program, fitted to its urban context. The project uses the graphical language of garment pattern, symbols, and processes from both North African and Portuguese textiles, transforming spaces into structural garments. It explores the dialogue between design control and losing control through tailoring and surface dressing, which serve as communicative capacities that inform the identity of the body.

Located at the heart of Porto in Boavista, with the backdrop of cultural landmarks like Casa da Música and the commemorative column for the Peninsular war, the site acts as a pedagogical tool that reveals narratives of place, drawing inspiration from its surrounding urban fabric. The project is sewn together to form a garment that encapsulates the existing site patterns and Porto's wider fabric, with the aim of bringing attention to the closure of many fabric factories in Porto and potentially contributing to the revival of the textile industry in the city. Fabrica can be seen as a synthesis of the architectural fabric of Boavista and the structural grid of the site's surroundings.