You can't finish Francesc Pla. He is an endless source of all kinds of miscellaneous information on architecture, urban planning, sustainability or any other topic of interest. He spices his explanations with an intelligent and contagious humor. I photograph him in his co-working space in La Floresta and while he moves the chair to sit down, he explains to me the life and miracles of the Eames couple, who designed it, or how he left Bopbaa, his old architecture office, when the dimension of his work became too impersonal, and set up Leve Projects with his partner Eva Serrats, where they deal with architecture from a closer approach.
Francesc Pla is an architect by the ETSAB since 1998. Since the beginning he has collaborated with different offices and relevant figures such as Enric Miralles, Bohigas-Mackay-Martorell, Zenghelis-Gigantes, Ábalos-Herreros, Dani Freixas, the urban ecologist Salvador Rueda or the filmmakers Bigas Luna and Isabel Coixet.
Until 2015 he was part of Bopbaa, with Josep Bohigas and Iñaki Baquero. Since 2014 he works associated with Eva Serrats within the multidisciplinary team Leve Projects developing competitions and projects on "homelessness". He combines the work in the studio with classes at the Vallès School of Architecture and collaborating in the Environmental Sustainability Plan of the AMB.