A sensitive interpretation of intimacy. Piso Alio by Miel Arquitectos
04/04/2024.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, MINERVA GARCÍA DE CASTRO
metalocus, MINERVA GARCÍA DE CASTRO
Project description by Miel Arquitectos
The origin of this renovation is the shower that space built from the daily routine of almost automatic movements and at the same time one that requires maximum possible privacy, it is from here where the project unfolds its magic.
The construction of a small patio allows us to extend the shower outside and thus sprout a forest of bamboos that grow in search of light and outside air. In the opposite direction, the sun, the breeze and occasionally the rain breathe life into this small pied-à-terre in the Sagrada Familia neighborhood of Barcelona.
This shower, together with the bathroom that houses it, are the hinge on which the various configurations of the floor are articulated through a simple set of sliding panels inspired by the subtlety and flexibility of Japanese shõji: 1. The isolated bathroom, 2 The en-suite room, 3. A studio with bathroom and bedroom and 4. The Loft ... where everything is visible because everything wants to be seen.
Piso Alio por Miel Arquitectos. Photograph by Jose Hevia.
Vertically, the bamboo forest gives rise to a succulent garden that envelops its visitors with the rhythm of Fibonacci and the freshness of the Kanagawa wave. The living-dining room extends towards Passatge Alio through an open terrace, from which a short staircase gives access to this garden on the heights.
This seed has already been germinating for two lives, that of a couple who began their life together when the tower of the Virgin could not yet be seen from its roof, back in 2009, and in the present an illustrious Belgian who seeks in it his vital retirement.
Between life and life, with the exception of the roof garden, we have only changed the clothing... a new palette of organic and mineral materials for a healthier living: vitrified hand pieces by Ferres give life to the bamboo, Huguet signs the large niche that frames The open kitchen, natural oak from Meister on the inside and heat-treated Flanders pine from Lunawood on the outside constitute the horizontal planes, while in the vertical planes Baumit Nanopor minerally finishes the golden curves of the rooftop.
MIEL Arquitectos, directed by Elodie Grammont and Miguel Angel Borrás. They are a study based in Barcelona and Mallorca specialized in residential architecture (ranging from interior design to new buildings). Convinced that surprise is the best tool to rediscover the daily, they feed on the specifics of each client (goals, dreams and needs) and a healthy concern to innovate in each project.
They cultivate a special interest in the rehabilitation and interior remodeling, where they discover and give voice to certain energies remaining in the building and establish a dialogue with the new needs that allow them to redirect their entropy towards suggestive forms of enjoyment.
Since 2010 they have been in charge of the research project "Barcelona Architecture Walks", a tool for disseminating and analyzing Barcelona's architecture through the works of its Masters.