architect: AMOO
location: Barcelona, Spain
year: 2017
Located in the east side of Barcelona, this block built in 1930 consists of two houses almost symmetrical per floor. The floor plan of the project, despite its small size, has two facades (NE-NO) and a little interior patio. Designed by AMOO young catalans architects, the flat is composed by 3 bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a sink and a hall. Working with the preexistence and requirements of the client, the false ceiling of wooden beam and ceramic vault is discovered, restoring it.
The architects levelled the forging of the pavement too. Taking advantage of this operation, the tiles of hydraulic pavement are replaced, making small modifications of the existing combinations. Marble pieces fill the holes made by the demolition of the original partitions. Of these partitions only one is preserved. This is the one that separates the bedroom from the rest, and around which is built the piece of furniture that integrates kitchen, dining room and living room. Shelves, cupboards and others are articulated around.
The patio totally absorbs the services (kitchen, toilet), which are expanded to make them compatible with contemporary uses and demands. Kitchen, toilet and bedroom are under the false ceiling line, while the continuous space of the hall, dining room and living room have the height of the beam filling. Simple solutions as large sliding doors and mirrors have been used, optimal in these cases of reduced spaces.
