Refurbishment of an Apartment in Barcelona / Allaround Lab
The project is located at a stone?s throw away from the most popular urban park in Barcelona - Parc de la Ciutadella -, amidst Eixample urban surroundings; inside a classical building with high vaulted ceilings and six dwellings per landing. To our surprise, we were left with challenging irregular perimeter difficult to resolve into a functional layout.
© José Hevia
Architects: Allaround Lab
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Area: 78.5 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: José Hevia
© José Hevia
From the architect. The project is located at a stone?s throw away from the most popular urban park in Barcelona - Parc de la Ciutadella -, amidst Eixample urban surroundings; inside a classical building with high vaulted ceilings and six dwellings per landing. To our surprise, we were left with challenging irregular perimeter difficult to resolve into a functional layout.
Proposed Floor Plan
© José Hevia
We focused on the conservation of the perimeter and all structural elements, eliminating all the imposed dysfunctional partitions and afterward tracing an axis from one corner of the house to the other, providing continuity and unity to a very broken piece.
© José Hevia
The axis not only consists of a geometric gesture, it divides the piece into two zones establishing a clear hierarchy between the services area, where we locate the entrance, kitchen and bathroom as...
© José Hevia
Architects: Allaround Lab
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Area: 78.5 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: José Hevia
© José Hevia
From the architect. The project is located at a stone?s throw away from the most popular urban park in Barcelona - Parc de la Ciutadella -, amidst Eixample urban surroundings; inside a classical building with high vaulted ceilings and six dwellings per landing. To our surprise, we were left with challenging irregular perimeter difficult to resolve into a functional layout.
Proposed Floor Plan
© José Hevia
We focused on the conservation of the perimeter and all structural elements, eliminating all the imposed dysfunctional partitions and afterward tracing an axis from one corner of the house to the other, providing continuity and unity to a very broken piece.
© José Hevia
The axis not only consists of a geometric gesture, it divides the piece into two zones establishing a clear hierarchy between the services area, where we locate the entrance, kitchen and bathroom as...
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