Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio
17/01/2023.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, DILYANA DRAGOEVA
metalocus, DILYANA DRAGOEVA
Architecture firm Estuyo Studio, led by Jaime Yndurain architect, with Irene García architect, named «Such Great Heights» its last renovation project, developed together with Irene García García, a small apartment of forty-two square metres sitting in a former building of 1920in Madrid centre.
The renovation followed a scrupulous process, almost archaeological, both for the recovery of original materials and for the reuse of others used in reform from the 1990s, implementing them in the new project.
The renovation followed a scrupulous process, almost archaeological, both for the recovery of original materials and for the reuse of others used in reform from the 1990s, implementing them in the new project.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Sketch. Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio.
Original floor plan. Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio.
Renovated floor plan. Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio.
Detail. Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Jaime Yndurain.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Jaime Yndurain.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Jaime Yndurain.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Jaime Yndurain.
The project carried out by Estuyo Studio cleared and opened spaces that would allow a more diaphanous space, carrying out a new organization in which the traces left in the houses by their former occupants stand out, a kind of frozen memory on the walls of the house, which It accumulates by layers the memories of the people who have inhabited it.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
Description of project by Estuyo Studio
The renovation of a small apartment situated under the roof of a 1920’s building transformed during the 1990’s starts with the owner’s need to have a free configuration space for a life in constant transformation as an artist and architect.
In its 42 sqm:
> We managed to save the whole flooring made with the original hydraulic tiles and the existing red marbles.
> The roof got waterproofed and insulated, dismantling old ceilings and putting in value the original wooden beams.
Such Great Heights, a four-handed penthouse renovation by Estuyo Studio. Photograph by Javier de Paz García.
> The new apartment’s arrangement creates two mezzanines (one to inhabit, and one technical one), liberating the plan and allowing multiple configurations. The position of the kitchen’s island creates a new central conviviality space, and the polycarbonate separations on the sides of the new separation wall providing natural light from the back of the apartment increasing it’s visual depth.
> The existing walls maintain remains of the apartment’s past lives. We maintained the bathroom’s original tiling, that with the new distribution now appears in the new kitchen. Some special areas from the walls have been selected in order to show the multiple layers of intervention the apartment has lived.
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Architects
Project team
Irene García García, Jaime Yndurain.
Client
Irene García García.
Contractor
Area
42 sqm.
Dates
Construction.- 2022.
Location
Madrid, Spain.
Photography
Jaime Yndurain. ESTUYO Studio
ESTUYO STUDIO opens its doors in 2020 crystallising 10 years of professional experience in Spain, Italy, USA and France of its founder, Jaime Yndurain. Based in Madrid, and operating between Spain and France, the office develops architecture, interior and design projects, promoting collaborations with other experts and encouraging team work.
Developing public, private and associative projects, ESTUYO STUDIO establishes trustful relationships with clients, collaborators, contractors and suppliers to assure the project’s success.
The project IS YOURS. The project IS YOU + ME.
Developing public, private and associative projects, ESTUYO STUDIO establishes trustful relationships with clients, collaborators, contractors and suppliers to assure the project’s success.
The project IS YOURS. The project IS YOU + ME.
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