Fortesa Softa
Hello, I’m a Swiss architect and illustrator, a mother of two girls, and the creator of a village called Frymare.
This project brings together much of who I am: drawing, the care I put into making things by hand, and the desire to tell stories. Motherhood has shaped it too, through the changes it has brought and the different way I now see the world around me.
Watching my daughter’s excitement when something arrives for her in the post reminded me how lovely it is to find an envelope addressed just to you. To open it, discover what’s inside, and hold a story in your hands.
That’s what I’d like to share through Chronicles of Borgo Frymare. Every month, a little more of the village arrives by post, in stories and illustrations. We meet the people who live there, visit their homes and follow the seasons together.
Frymare takes its name from the Albanian expression fryma e re, a new breath.