Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons

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Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons - Table, Chair, Beam
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Text description provided by the architects. It's about an apartment renovation located in Les Corts neighborhood in Barcelona city, categorized circa the Nineteenth century. The owner, Yuna -from Japanese origin and settled in Spain- has twocats: Tau andMisha. Originally, the apartment was full with partition walls, and rooms and hallways seemingly placed at random.

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Floor Plan

The first decision taken consisted in exposing an open space, leaving both the original wooden beams and stone wall, in sight. We decided to place a "pure", white and geometrical cube at the center of the apartment, which contains the kitchen and the bathroom, and its walls do not reach the ceiling.

Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons - Shelving, Beam
© Adrià Goula

This element gives privacy to the bedroom, but keeps the spatial and visual continuity as a whole.

Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons - Windows, Bed, Beam, Bedroom
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The bathroom walls do not reach the ceiling and conveniently have one window facing the bedroom, but won't allow to see the stone wall from the inside.

Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons - Bathtub, Bathroom, Sink, Shower
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The floor in the bedroom, bathroom and adjacent gallery, elevates 30cms., creating a woodden platform in continuation with the rest of the apartment. The kitchen mirror divides the cube in two halves, so the stone seems to be part of  the bathroom, giving a feeling of continuity and profundity.

Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons - Windows, Beam
© Adrià Goula

The gallery provides light to the ensemble and, resembling a carpet, an hydraulic floor weaves out.

Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons - Beam
© Adrià Goula

The materials chosen are always pure: stone, wood, oak, beams made of long-leaf pine, and the hydraulic mosaic of the epoch. To give a more cozy ambience, Yuna has built a ladder to help the cats climb up to the top of the batrhroom ceiling, where the've found their favorite spot to play.

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Address:Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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Cite: "Interior renovation of an apartment in Les Corts / Sergi Pons" 02 Dec 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/534508/interior-renovation-of-an-apartment-in-les-corts-sergi-pons> ISSN 0719-8884

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