Home in Petrer by Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos
Redesigned by Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos, this modern single family home is located in the Spanish town of Petrer.
Description by Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos
This Project is based on an integral reform of an existing house in the center of Petrer (Alicante, Spain). The arrangement is distributed as follows: parking space on the ground floor, day zone on the first floor and night zone on the second floor. The existing façade has been modified with surgical care, removing only the brick parapets on the front of the balcony and unifying the two window openings that connect the living room with its terrace.
Given the existing building, the objective is to create a new atmosphere, bringing the old dwelling up to date with mechanisms and languages of our present-day culture. An atmosphere of calm and luminous serenity is desired, providing a sense of comfort that cares equally for body and spirit. Functionality and a utilitarian approach have been highlighted, combined with craftsmanship, imagination and innovation. A tendency towards abstraction is seen in the house, with materials reduced to their minimum essence and carefully expressed. The starting point is the client?s wish to maximize the feeling of space. Beginning with an existing fragmented distribution, the objective is to connect and extend the rooms of the house. The quality of each square meter is its versatility, which allows for multiple uses of the space and, therefore, its apparent ext...
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