The project is a small intervention inside a 70’s
house. It was an abandoned house some
years ago and the client had the intention of recovering its quality to
inhabit. By the demolition of some
interior walls and the suppression of the suspended ceiling in the transition
spaces, spacious rooms in a horizontal and vertical way were obtained. With the use of different materials in some
elements, more illuminated and transparent spaces were generated. Trough this simple intervention in some
elements of the house like doors, windows, openings and finishes, new visual
conexions between the old structure and the space are created.
The walls were painted in a light color to reflect the
most quantity of light possible coming form the exterior. The house have some very good courtyards with
deciduous trees, that allows the entrance of more light in winter and in summer
a lot of shade is produced.
In the social interior spaces the opaque doors were
replaced with translucent doors that allow the entrance of light and color from
the backyard to the interior.
The finishing of the carpentry, smithy and doors were
made in black matt and in glossy stainless steel, creating a simpler, neutral
and cleaner atmosphere in the interiors.
In the bathrooms black shinny furniture was installed
with a white ceramic washbasin inserted in front of a tile wall of the same
colors so that the accessories in glossy stainless steel can emphasize under a
horizontal plane of mirror.
The furniture design was also an
important part of the intervention in the spaces. A piece of furniture created
in the living room (a white music shelve that brings out the colors of the
collection of cd’s boxes of the new owners) and in the hall (a red bar embedded
in the wall, with drawers that have no handles, generating an almost solid
volume).