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Barcelona, Spain
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CALCIGRONS
Barcelona, Spain
The aim of this refurbishment was to bring about profound changes in the functioning of the home, built in 1900. The family, who had inhabited the home for more than 10 years, had grown and wanted to adapt it to their children and future needs. The home had an over-partitioned layout, typical of Barcelona’s L’Eixample neighbourhood, with notable shortcomings in the amenities and conveniences available to the occupants.
The owners wanted comfort and convenience, and to lend the rooms a specific function. They needed a space where they could foster a family-friendly lifestyle, having fun, resting, reading, working, cooking, eating... They also needed two bathrooms and increased storage linked to the bedrooms.
Based on these premises, we approached the project by dividing the home into three zones that transitioned from shared to individual activities.
We designed an open space for communal use situated towards the inside of the city block, capitalising on the side of the home with the greatest amount of sunlight. The idea was for this space to house several functions, including the kitchen, dining room, living room and several nooks for working and reading.
The interior area, which includes the entrance to the home, storage and the bathrooms, serves as a transitional space between the open, common area and the bedrooms. Guarding the entrance to the bedrooms is a freestanding closet, which turns the space leading to the rooms into dressing areas. Though it does not touch the ceiling, lending the space a sense of continuity, it provides the bedrooms greater privacy.
The area comprising the two pre-existing bedrooms, whose original layout was not altered with a view to preserving the polychrome ceilings, is located to the side of the home facing the street, with limited openings and less sunlight.
To complete the project, major structural modifications were required. The ceiling slab was reinforced with steel profiles to unify the gallery’s openings and eliminate all unnecessary partitions, creating a large, open space oriented towards the inner courtyard. A compression layer of reinforced concrete was applied atop the floor slab and then treated and left exposed to serve as flooring.
Thermal and acoustic insulation was installed along the façades and the partitions shared with the neighbouring homes, for added interior comfort. A concealed and non-intrusive building services system was also designed.
The home’s original elements were restored and upgraded to bring them in line with the current proposal. These included the original timber beams and curved ceramic vaulting, the masonry partitions, the polychrome ceilings and the wooden windows and doors.
New elements were chosen to create a harmonious contrast between the materials. Here, metal materials such as stainless steel, steel and mirrors were combined with stone and natural materials such as ceramics, concrete and walnut wood. The blend strikes a balance between tradition and modernity, between simplicity and sophistication.
In the home’s new layout, only the two bedrooms and bathrooms are closed spaces, with the rest flowing in open and organic fashion. The design emphasises the combination of traditional and contemporary materials that reflects both the versatility of the main space –long desired by the owners– and the home’s history.
The owners wanted comfort and convenience, and to lend the rooms a specific function. They needed a space where they could foster a family-friendly lifestyle, having fun, resting, reading, working, cooking, eating... They also needed two bathrooms and increased storage linked to the bedrooms.
Based on these premises, we approached the project by dividing the home into three zones that transitioned from shared to individual activities.
We designed an open space for communal use situated towards the inside of the city block, capitalising on the side of the home with the greatest amount of sunlight. The idea was for this space to house several functions, including the kitchen, dining room, living room and several nooks for working and reading.
The interior area, which includes the entrance to the home, storage and the bathrooms, serves as a transitional space between the open, common area and the bedrooms. Guarding the entrance to the bedrooms is a freestanding closet, which turns the space leading to the rooms into dressing areas. Though it does not touch the ceiling, lending the space a sense of continuity, it provides the bedrooms greater privacy.
The area comprising the two pre-existing bedrooms, whose original layout was not altered with a view to preserving the polychrome ceilings, is located to the side of the home facing the street, with limited openings and less sunlight.
To complete the project, major structural modifications were required. The ceiling slab was reinforced with steel profiles to unify the gallery’s openings and eliminate all unnecessary partitions, creating a large, open space oriented towards the inner courtyard. A compression layer of reinforced concrete was applied atop the floor slab and then treated and left exposed to serve as flooring.
Thermal and acoustic insulation was installed along the façades and the partitions shared with the neighbouring homes, for added interior comfort. A concealed and non-intrusive building services system was also designed.
The home’s original elements were restored and upgraded to bring them in line with the current proposal. These included the original timber beams and curved ceramic vaulting, the masonry partitions, the polychrome ceilings and the wooden windows and doors.
New elements were chosen to create a harmonious contrast between the materials. Here, metal materials such as stainless steel, steel and mirrors were combined with stone and natural materials such as ceramics, concrete and walnut wood. The blend strikes a balance between tradition and modernity, between simplicity and sophistication.
In the home’s new layout, only the two bedrooms and bathrooms are closed spaces, with the rest flowing in open and organic fashion. The design emphasises the combination of traditional and contemporary materials that reflects both the versatility of the main space –long desired by the owners– and the home’s history.
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