A ground floor apartment open to the sky. Omar House by Arquitectura-G
29/01/2021.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
Description of project by Arquitectura-G
The commission starts from a double-height space, a rarity in the form of a semi-detached house inside a block of the Barcelona expansion.
The project aims to emphasize the peculiarities of the volume, knocking down all the partitions, freeing the plants until leaving a clean box. The two floors are connected through a spiral staircase that is below a skylight that covers the entire double height. This skylight fulfills a double function, on the one hand, it is the main source of natural light in the house, and on the other, it gives a large window to the entire loft space.
On both floors, all services (bathroom, kitchen, closet, and facilities) are behind some booklet doors that allow the entire program to be exposed or hidden. At a material level, these service areas behind the booklets are solved with large-format macael marble slabs, while the exterior is covered with carpet, achieving a clean and soft space.
Arquitectura-G is a studio of architecture founded in 2006 based in Barcelona, by Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes and Igor Urdampilleta, mainly dedicated to construction and teaching. They understand their work as a team, where individualities are dissolved in an addition of ways of doing. Material aspect is fundamental for the them, seing it as a field of research. Currently the office includes small projects and starts a new stage to approach larger projects.
In 2008 created ESCRITOS-G as learning tool and to improve the business, with the desire to create a critical discourse and trigger discussion about contemporary architecture. It is a serie of conversations about architecture held between members of ARCHITECTURE-G, the philosopher Ekhi Lopetegi and several young architects whose work has sparked interest in the profession, society and the media.
In 2011 launched INDOORS a section focused on reformulation and internal reorganization of urban housing adapted to living contemporary culture.