Memory of project by Carles Enrich
The conversion of an old workshop between party walls in the Gràcia district into a home-studio for a young family is a fantastic opportunity to rethink the use of an unused place and optimize the conditions.
A system to enable the inhabitants to live in an single space arranged around the patio is proposed, where the bathroom is the only enclosed piece. All activities take place in a single space with visual contact with the patio. To achieve this, all the partitions that enclosed small rooms with no natural light or ventiliation were removed and the openings were extended to the exterior.
The original materials used in the party walls were recovered, as the brick ceiling joists and wooden beams. The pavement is solved with a continuous tinted concrete paving and the Flanders pinewood was introduced in a second phase of reform due to the growing of the family.
The lower excavation enables the incoporation of a loft made of metalic beams and a 3-centimeter-thick wood board, which works as an independent living area inside another bigger one, without being never enclosed. This small loft is meant to be more like a suspended furniture than a room. A closet, used by both sides, is the only separation between different spaces and converts the hallway into a dressing corridor.
An old storage room at the back of the plot is converted into a satellite studio that operates independently from the main space. This fragmentation of the programme makes the patio an intermediate space that can be used as an outdoor room most part of the year.
A canopy made of metal beams and a cane network provides privacy and climate control. The progressive growth of plants and trees generate a natural environment within the dense urban area
Text.- Carles Enrich
CREDITS.-
Architect.- Carles Enrich.
Location.- Barcelona.
Total area.- 145 m².
Finishing date.- February 2013.
Photography.- Enric Fabre and Carles Enrich.
Constructor.- CRK.
