DG estudio has designed a house on the top floor of a historic building in the district of Ruzafa, Valencia, with the aim of preserving its original character but updating it to a current way of life. 

In order to maintain its character the studio thought of maintaining the floors and ceilings with the original moldings and only making small changes in the distribution.
DG estudio decided to keep the mosaic floors so colorful, the moldings of the ceilings and doors, this makes the house maintain its character with these three main elements.

In relation to updating the house to a current way of life, they used a new material, wood, that gives shape to all the elements of the interior distribution and thus create a continuity between the different spaces.
 

Description of project by DG estudio

Preserving the original character of the house adapting this to a more current way of life was the main objective that we marked with this intervention. 

The house is located on the top floor of a historic building in the area of the Ensanche of Valencia, more specifically in the neighborhood of Ruzafa. 

Small changes in the distribution, very limited by the idea of starting to maintain in its entirety the original floor of the house and the roofs with moldings, help us to transform the existing spaces.

These small changes serve to generate a large day area where the kitchen is integrated into the living room. 

The remaining spaces, the three bedrooms, the two bathrooms and the terrace are kept from the original distribution. 

The three original elements of the house that are conserved, the colorful mosaic floor, the moldings and the doors are the main protagonists of the intervention as can be seen in the images of the final result.

A new material coexists with these three original elements, wood.

This natural material provides warmth and uniformity to the entire intervention. 

The natural oak wood shapes the kitchen, the floor and dressing room of the master bedroom and the transition elements between the bedrooms and the terrace. 

These elements are designed as small spaces where to develop daily activities such as reading, resting, and even working. One of these spaces integrates a small desk area where you can work from home.

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Project team
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Isabel Roger Sánchez, Daniel González López.
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Area
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100 sqm of living space + 11 sqm of terrace.
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2020.
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Ruzafa, Valencia.
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DG is an architecture firm based in Valencia and lead by Isabel Roger Sánchez and Daniel González López, architects from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia in 2005. It is an architecture and interior design studio specialized in rehabilitation projects, reforms, new construction and interior design.
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Published on: June 11, 2021
Cite: "Preservation of original character. Casa Cas 8 by DG Estudio" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/preservation-original-character-casa-cas-8-dg-estudio> ISSN 1139-6415
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