Architect Raúl Sánchez has renovated a flat in a typical Barcelona condo constructing, including built-in cabinetry and furnishings in hues that echo the unique mosaic flooring.
The 85-square-metre flat was created following the subdivision of a bigger condo with features in the direction of the Carrer d’Enric Granados on one facet and a immense inside courtyard on the opposite.
Sánchez’s studio was tasked with benefiting from the accessible area, which is simply six metres large and wanted to include two bedrooms and two loos together with a beneficiant dwelling space.
Following the partitioning of the unique condo, this smaller flat was left with an entrance set throughout the constructing’s inside at one finish and a gallery-like room overlooking the courtyard on the different.
Sánchez selected to go away the principle dwelling space and gallery open to boost the sense of area and reference to the view.
The remainder of the inside includes non-public features which can be organized alongside a hallway main from the doorway to the dwelling area.
“I needed to maximise the featherlight all through the condo and make one thing particular of the hall that was essential given the state of affairs of coming into at one finish,” the architect instructed Dezeen.
“Though the condo is diminutive, there are totally different area conditions like variations in top, supplies, dimension or color, which create a really luxurious expertise contained in the flat.”
The hallway is lined with full-height cabinetry, incorporating doorways that result in the bedrooms on both facet. Every bed room receives pure featherlight and air flow from a window that opens onto an inside courtyard.
Tiny annexes that function dressing rooms join the bedrooms with en-suite loos, considered one of which can be accessible from the hallway. These areas function cupboards, cabinets and handles produced from waterproof varnished MDF.
The partitions lining the corridor function a rose-gold end, solely interrupted by a pair of murky blue lacquered bookshelves roughly midway alongside.
Sánchez defined that the color decisions derive instantly from the intricate mosaic flooring, which had been preserved and handled to revive them to their unique situation.
Rooms the place the mosaic had beforehand been eliminated now function off-white micro cement flooring.
“All the things contained in the condo has a little bit of that brownish-reddish-beige hue of the tiles,” he identified. “Even the blue of the cabinets, which can appear a substantial distinction, will also be discovered within the tiles.”
The hallway’s partitions type a datum that extends via into the dwelling area, the place the unique uncovered ceiling beams create a differentiation in top that’s emphasised by a refined change in color.
The rose-gold hue used for the cupboards is echoed by a pink Portuguese marble splashback within the kitchen that was assembled from unmatched salvaged slabs.
An present structural wall separating the dwelling space from the gallery area was lined with gold leaf as a way to lighten its look and conceal its load-bearing function.
“This imparts a extra symbolic and summary presence, serving as a connection factor with the outside, reflecting the featherlight that falls upon it from the yard,” mentioned Sánchez.
The property is owned by a shopper based mostly in Dubai, who will exploit it as a pied-a-terre in addition to renting it out among the time.
It was styled with current design items together with a settee from Kragelund, a chaise longue by Sancal and a cork stool from Vitra.
Native gallery Víctor Lope Arte Contemporáneo supplied the assorted artworks.
Raúl Sánchez has lived and labored in Barcelona since 2005, the place his studio takes on world tasks throughout structure, interiors, urbanism and design.
The workplace was named rising inside design studio of the 12 months at Dezeen Awards 2022 and has beforehand accomplished tasks together with a townhouse with a four-storey spiral staircase and an condo that includes a shiny brass wardrobe.
