Textured tiles and uncovered surfaces function within the rehabilitation of this historic house in Valencia accomplished by native inside design studio Paloma Bau.
Initially in-built 1925, the studio aimed to enhance its obscure and closely partitioned interiors to rework the area right into a up-to-date and useful house for its adolescent proprietor.
Eager to protect Casa Ona’s “Mediterranean essence”, Paloma Bau retained and restored the house’s current heritage-protected facade, which is adorned by turquoise tiles.
This included recovering the unique form of the home windows, which had beforehand been altered, in addition to putting in up-to-date picket frames shaded by established picket slatted blinds.
“Casa Ona is an ode to the ocean and Mediterranean fishing traditions,” studio founder Paloma Bau advised Dezeen. “It is a house impressed by its seashores and established structure, tailored to the proprietor’s way of life.”
“Textures, pure supplies and impartial, composed tones coexist with color and established parts that pay homage to the proprietor’s maritime origins.”
Inside, the house opens as much as the residing areas, the place a immense, tiled island divides the open-plan kitchen from the lounge and adjoining eating space.
Uncovered picket beams function within the area and are complemented by elementary white partitions and carpentry. Sand-coloured flooring runs all through the house and is chosen to reference the native seashores.
“Apart from restoring the worth of the facade, we uncovered the picket construction and vaulted ceiling inside, revealing each its magnificence and the defects which have emerged over time,” Bau mentioned. “Nods to completely different coasts seem within the utility of color, finishes and textures.”
Located off the kitchen, a storage room is hid behind a panel of permeable picket slats and accommodates ample space for storing together with a diminutive toilet.
An en-suite bed room and workplace are hosted on the house’s rear, the place the studio retained an uncovered, load-bearing, brick wall that provides texture to the encompassing areas.
Present openings within the wall join the bed room with a walk-in closet that runs alongside the bed room and adjoining toilet.
Paloma Bao is an structure and inside studio primarily based in Valencia.
Different residential renovations not too long ago function on Dezeen embrace a historic red-brick house in Montreal up to date by Diandra Maselli and a renovated Barcelona condominium divided by a gold-leaf wall by Raúl Sánchez Architects.
