Journal

Notes and stories from the room.

Five things to make with your hands on an afternoon

12 March 2027

by Mariana

You don't need to know what you're going to make before you arrive. But if a starting point helps, here are five.

The carpenter who made the table

5 March 2027

by João

The table at the centre of the room seats twelve and weighs about eighty kilos. Manuel Correia made it — a carpenter from Albufeira, in a workshop ten minutes from here.

How a room without classes works

22 February 2027

by Mariana

The most common question we got before opening was this: but who teaches? The short answer is: nobody. The longer answer is more interesting.

The First Piece Wall started today

15 February 2027

by João

We opened this morning at ten. By quarter past ten someone was already sitting at the table. By eleven, the First Piece Wall had its first piece.

Why a room like this in Albufeira

1 February 2027

by Mariana

Albufeira has restaurants, surf shops, ice cream, nightclubs. What it lacks — what has never quite existed here — is a place to make things with your hands alongside other people, without an agenda.