Yellow is the color. Duplex in Sant Gervasi by Arquitectura-G
23/01/2020.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
Project description by Arquitectura-G
North-facing duplex apartment located in a multi-family building between medians in the upper area of Barcelona. To maximize the entry of light, it was decided to open more gaps in the facade and partially tear down the slab of the second floor creating a living-dining room of almost 6 meters high.
While the common program and the parents' room are located on the ground floor, the first floor is intended for children: two rooms, a shared bathroom and a study room open to the double space of the room.
To reverse the lack of natural light, we have chosen to use light colored materials that enhance the reflection of light in some areas. The tropical wood of grapia allows to give continuity to the floor plan from the interior to the terrace. In the vertical plane, white walls and porcelain stoneware tiles with a pastel yellow hue are chosen. Stairs, balcony, and furniture elements have been made in reticular sheet to prevent them from disappearing and that light can penetrate all corners of the house.
Arquitectura-G is a studio of architecture founded in 2006 based in Barcelona, by Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes and Igor Urdampilleta, mainly dedicated to construction and teaching. They understand their work as a team, where individualities are dissolved in an addition of ways of doing. Material aspect is fundamental for the them, seing it as a field of research. Currently the office includes small projects and starts a new stage to approach larger projects.
In 2008 created ESCRITOS-G as learning tool and to improve the business, with the desire to create a critical discourse and trigger discussion about contemporary architecture. It is a serie of conversations about architecture held between members of ARCHITECTURE-G, the philosopher Ekhi Lopetegi and several young architects whose work has sparked interest in the profession, society and the media.
In 2011 launched INDOORS a section focused on reformulation and internal reorganization of urban housing adapted to living contemporary culture.