Fire, Intimacy and city. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller

02/01/2022. [VAL] Spain
metalocus, CARLOS GONZÁLEZ

The city of Valencia has a special relationship with fire. The burning of its fallas, every year on March 19, marks a special relationship of the city with fire and with a thousand-year-old tradition. In recent editions, its relationship as a public act and social celebration has been mediated by the current situation.

Their proposals are always a reflection on different themes that occurred throughout the year, although other more experimental ones are also included, as is the case of the proposal presented by Bona Fide Taller , an experimental falla, an ephemeral pavilion set up in the streets of Valencia.

Nightfire the end. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Nightfire the end. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Refuge in the city. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Refuge in the woods. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Threshold behind the billboards. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Construction drawings, the concealed platform. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Sorolla S. living room. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Room on fire. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

The path of concrete leaves. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Sorolla and the hidden stairs. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Access to the secret room. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

A place for intimacy. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Balcony with views. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

A place of gathering. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Detail joints. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Detail platform. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Detail structure. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Detail inner walls. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Detail marbles night stars. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Dusklight. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Cover drawing Prime-Time. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Valencian customs sketchs from Sorolla S paintings. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Tradition intimacy. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Concept drawing threshold structure and rithm. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Concept drawing billboards PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Prime-Time billboards in the city center. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

The room behind the billboards. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Exploded axonometric view. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Concept drawing nighstars. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

The room of the starry sky. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Detail marble light dot. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Detail traditional in the city center. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

Construction drawings, structure elements. PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller.

The 'Prime-time' falla designed by Bona Fide Taller is an ephemeral intervention in the public space, which reflects on the relationships of everyday and intimate spaces with the modernity of the city. Hybridized colors and fire in the reflection of a dual action: an intimate expression, the room, and the action of burning as an expression of a massive act.

The falla was designed by Bona Fide Taller, executed together with artisan and luthier Cristian Reinosa Johnson and assembled on site with the invaluable help of many helping hands.

PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

PRIME-TIME Pavilion and Falla by Bona fide taller. Photograph by Oleh Kardash Horlay

Project description by Bona Fide Taller

In the city, there’s a forest, and in the forest, there’s a room.

Illuminated signs fill the streets. Behind them, a starry night over a small living room rises its walls. A few traditional bulrush chairs in a circle furnishes the sheltered porch. A balcony opens back again to the city, submerged in the festivities.

The pavilion reclaims an intimate and familiar space of the popular celebrations of Las Fallas. In between the structure of timber frames that hold the foreground, a hidden chamber is built, of richer finish and domestic character.

Prays the gothic Silk Exchange, emblem of the city, under its starry ceiling ‘Try and See, fellow-citizens, how negotiation is such a good thing when there is no lie in the speech when it swears to the neighbor and does not deceive him when it does not lend money with an interest charge for its use. The merchant who acts this way will prosper galore and at the end, he will enjoy the eternal life.’

A silent billboard whispers, to those who trade with Las Fallas, with what it is shared and of identitarian nature, delicate and of great value. Those who are at the same time able to exploit the fruits without pulling up the roots. That they will be filled with fortune and joy.

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‘Prime-time’ is a fault, an ephemeral intervention in the public space, part of a tradition that brings color, satire, and criticism to the streets and plazas of Valencia. Set ablaze each year, they welcome the spring.

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Designed by Bona Fide Taller, built along with the craftsman and luthier Cristian Reinosa Johnson and assembled in place with a great number of generous and selfless helping hands.

It was awarded in 2021 with the Second Prize in the category of Experimental Fallas.