Reform of a house with memory. Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture
12/07/2021.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, MARÍA ONSINA
metalocus, MARÍA ONSINA
The Glòries house, designed by Sandy Brunner Architecture, Sandy Brunner, and Maria Puebla, has consisted of the renovation of an apartment built in the 20th century in Barcelona. The project has been a change in search of improving the quality of life without losing the historical charm.
With limited space and little light, the house had a classic layout with small, dark rooms. The intervention has knocked down all the interior walls and completely renovated the design and efficiency of the 60 m² of surface.
With limited space and little light, the house had a classic layout with small, dark rooms. The intervention has knocked down all the interior walls and completely renovated the design and efficiency of the 60 m² of surface.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Floor plan. Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture.
Section. Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture.
Axonometry. Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture.
Axonometry. Apartment Glòries by Sandy Brunner Architecture.
Sandy Brunner and Maria Puebla have proposed the Glòries apartment project as an opportunity to shape space and redistribute uses and areas. The furniture acquires a double functionality; provide storage places and organize and separate spaces without the need for partitions.
For reference, the floor covering incorporates strips of mosaic in the positions where the original interior walls were raised. The concept of the colors chosen in the reform is based on the remnants of shades found in the house before the works.
For reference, the floor covering incorporates strips of mosaic in the positions where the original interior walls were raised. The concept of the colors chosen in the reform is based on the remnants of shades found in the house before the works.
Description of project by Sandy Brunner Architecture and Maria Puebla
The house to be renovated, built in the early 20th century, was based on a classic layout with small, dark rooms. The challenge of the project was the transformation of these small spaces into generous and quality spaces without losing the historical charm of the house, and making the most of the 60 m² of surface.
All the interior walls are knocked down and the furniture acquires the double functionality of a storage place and an organizer of the space. In the bedroom area, these cabinets do not reach the ceiling, providing spaciousness and visual relationship between spaces. To free up space in the rooms, the closet doors are placed in the hallway, reinterpreting a corridor space and now also turning it into a dressing room.
The narrowness of the original floor plan is resolved with the introduction of a compact piece in the access area of the house: the cube. This volume contains the bathroom, part of the kitchen, a work area, the laundry room and storage space. The roof of the cube, becomes a gazebo. From there, you have a clean view of the entire apartment.
The demolition of the interior walls is reflected in the form of footprints in the floor covering, incorporating strips of new hydraulic mosaic that dialogue with the old hydraulic mosaic. The project's color concept is based on the original colors found on the walls.
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Architects
Sandy Brunner Architecture.- Sandy Brunner, Maria Puebla.
Area
60 sqm.
Dates
2019.
Location
Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
Sandy Brunner. Sandy Brunner Architecture
Sandy Brunner Architecture is an international architecture and interior design firm based in Barcelona and Zürich. The concepts of the tailormade projects are being created with a special interest in sustainability and flexibility, considering human scale and comfort. The portfolio includes projects for private and corporate clients. The multilingual team can accompany the clients, according to their needs, through the whole process of investing in real estate, planning and execution of the projects until the fit out of their space or the purchase of an artwork.
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