House Renovation in Calabria Street by AMOO

The home is positioned on the next flooring of a setting up built in 1950 in the Eixample’s Nova Esquerra neighborhood, Barcelona. The creating has 4 doors per landing and is utilized for discounted center-course housing, as described by the architect F.J. Barba Corsini in the report of the municipal functions file.

The construction of the dwelling is produced of load-bearing partitions, with 6 openings parallel to the road, which include the 4 façades: the two main ones and the two belonging to the interior courtyards. The floors are divided into 2 by the central load-bearing wall, which is joined by a tiny set up. The house is accessed from a single conclusion and its major façade overlooks the interior courtyard of the block. It consists of a living-dining space, a kitchen area, two bedrooms, and a restroom, in a typical and crushed house. The whole area is 47.59 m2.

The undertaking aims to reduce speculative distribution and, by getting rid of one particular of its rooms, it will get to use the little central air flow patio as a central spot about which to rotate.

A shoring is proposed in the load-bearing wall that meant the circulation all over the centre, and the rest of the partitions are demolished. Integrating the load-bearing wall and the patio, the encompassing volume of the toilet is proposed, with a steady strip of kitchen and cupboards on the partition opposite the entrance.

The method which, as typical, is lower limited by the refusal of people to have out any form of structural intervention, no subject how nominal, forces us to change the job close to without shedding its essence. The inconvenience does not reduce solving the prepared program, as properly as exclusive traits of the challenge: precisely, to accommodate the owner’s selection of far more than 1,400 CDs and 1,200 vinyl information, which is why ad hoc built-in furnishings is intended.

On a substance and chromatic level, the northeast orientation of the only exterior façade will make the selection of flooring towards a very clear floor that lets reflecting the scarce incoming gentle, whilst the shade of the ceiling is utilized as an component of heat and comfort. This tone extends to the polygonal quantity of the toilet, softening its edges and contrasting it with a bluish tone that emerges within and extends to precise points. Metallic features distinction and nuance the pretty much milky and heat ambiance of the dwelling.

Architects: AMOO Place : 506 ft² Yr : 2022 Images :José Hevia Direct Architects : Aureli Mora, Omar Ornaque