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Can climate-controlled ‘summer bedrooms’ ensure better sleep year-round?

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As part of a greater effort to revitalize a 400-sq-m industrial space in Barcelona and adapt it as a home, Takk Architecture designed ‘Summer Bedroom’ a sleeping space designated especially for the city’s hottest months. - José Hevia
The space’s industrial nature and vast size make regulating the interior climate without energy and money-intensive artificial climate control particularly difficult. - José Hevia
The number of rooms in a home usually corresponds with the number of occupants the home accommodates sleeping space per season. - José Hevia

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Client
Private
Floor Area
18 sq-m

The ‘Summer Bedroom’ was designed to naturally regulate a Barcelona apartment's climate during the city's extreme summer temperatures, ensuring the comfortability of its occupants.

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