Contemporary Design Duplex is a comfortable home with a fresh and contemporary style located in Barcelona, Spain, redesigned in 2018 by Estudio Vilablanch.

Description
LOCATION AND ORIGIN
In the old town of the Poblenou district – located in the city of Barcelona – we find a place from the end of the 19th century that, for many years, had been a greengrocer. The ground floor functioned as a shop and warehouse and the attic floor as a home. The work required by the clients was to transform this construction, located on the ground floor, into a duplex house for their family.
THE CHALLANGE
Transform an abandoned greengrocer into a comfortable home with a fresh and contemporary style, which maintains the trace of its past in small strokes along both floors. The result is an open, bright and functional duplex in which each action has been well thought out. THE PROJECT
For the transformation of this space, the longitudinal axis of the floor has been strengthened and characteristic elements such as the wooden beam, the ceramic beam fills, the original stairwell, the unevenness that separated the store area from the warehouse and the semicircular arch window, have been maintained.
On the interior façade, the roof of the last ?crujía? has been teared down to free the patio, which had been covered in previous actions. A large window with sliding doors bathes the entire floor in natural light, while allowing the patio to become an extension of the dining ...