The study Romero-Vallejo presents a interior reform in Toledo, where they combine the traditional scheme with contemporary elements, using singular materials in carpentry, furniture, kitchen...

Refreshing, the set of different pavements proposed by architects, that depending on the room as if it were a new carpet they propose a pavement with different geometries and colors in every room of this inner remodeling.

Description of project by their architects

The housing, is situated on the second floor of an housing building in a residential neighborhood in Toledo´s city, with six small rooms destined to the living room, the kitchen and four rooms, all of them united by an ingesting and dark corridor.

Therefore the propose, reduces the number of rooms and organizes the livings such to provide better the lighting voids and the existence ventilation, improving, also, the access and  the energy efficiency.

The principal challenge is who we combine the traditional program with the contemporary fictional scheme and who we give the sense of continue to the multiple stays, giving, at the same time, an independence. To achieve these objectives all os the carpentry elements are custom designed: doors with the total heigh, wall-ceiling, that are hidden within the furniture, wardrobes, dressers, bookcases, shelves, kitchen, etc.

The " color scarf", the hydraulic tilings, in contrast to the white tones of walls and ceilings, runs along the surface of the housing, stressing the continuity between spaces. At the same time the size and type of soil motifs as its color, qualify the scale and gives the scale and gives a singular identity to each room. Thus, the program can work as a sequence of isolated units or as a single continuous space.

The use of traditional materials for the flooring is closely related to the family memory of the owners. Since this type of ground is made by hand we could qualify pigmentation  decorative motifs depending on the needs, creating a tapestry of different colors.

 

CREDITS.

Architects.- Sara Romero y Mariano Vallejo.
Surface.- 110 m².
Date.-2012.
Situation.- Toledo. Spain.

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Sara Romero and Mariano Vallejo, founding partner of Romero Vallejo, studied Architecture at the School of Architecture at the University of Barcelona and the University of Valladolid. In addition, Sara also studied architecture at the Facoltà di Architettura della Scuola della Sapienza, Università di Roma in Italy and Mariano hold a Master’s degree in Design and Restoration of Architectural Structures from the School of Architecture at the University of Barcelona.

In 2004, after their experience of working in highly acclaimed architecture firms, they founded Romero Vallejo, a multidisciplinary architecture and global design firm dedicated to both small and large-scale projects.

At the same time, they also collaborate with artisans and manufacturers in the creation of new products, adapting traditional manufacturing and assembly techniques to new construction and contemporary design needs. Their interest in integrating product design and architecture has led them to collaborate in a wide range of sectors such as ceramics, glass, general upholstery, metalwork, woodwork and furniture, amongst many others.

They have carried out various product design projects through the “The Spanish Foundation for Innovation in Crafts” and have received several prizes for design applied to craftwork. They have also been awarded with prizes for architecture and interior design and have participated in various collective exhibitions.

Their projects are recognized on an international level in specialist publications and on leading sector-specific websites.

In terms of their teaching activities, they give conferences at and collaborate with the Barcelona Architecture Center, Clemson University and the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED). In addition, they have also served on the Culture Commission of the Official Architects’ Association of Castile-La Mancha, where they were involved in the creation and launch of Architecture Week in Toledo.

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