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Apartamento Picasso Barcelona

Nada

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Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
Clean, evocative space....
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5.5
Nic Lee
Nic Lee Design Director at Waterfrom Design Co., Ltd
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5
5.75
Franziska Heuschkel
Franziska Heuschkel Founder at Space & Pepper
A clean, spotless character with a...
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4.75
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Architect at Mark Anderson Design
I appreciate the essential, abstrac...
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5
6
Hooman Balazadeh
Hooman Balazadeh Founder at Hooba Design
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7
5
5
5.25
Bhavin Taylor
Bhavin Taylor Founder / Interior Designer at Bhavin Taylor Design
Love the strong use of green that w...
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7
5
6.25
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
I have some doubts regarding the us...
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4
5
5
4.5
Puri Lighting Design
Puri Lighting Design Design Director at Beijing Puri Lighting Design
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7
6
5
6
Lauren Touhey-Otto
Lauren Touhey-Otto Head of Design at Kinzo Architekten GmbH
Love the green floor! And looks lik...
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8
Vivian van Schagen
Vivian van Schagen Founder at The Invisible Party
The green floor is the eye-catcher...
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8
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7.75
Tracey Wiles
Tracey Wiles Principal at woods bagot
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5
6.25
MAO Jihong
MAO Jihong Founder at EXCEPTION de MIXMIND and Fangsuo Commune
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5
4
4
4.25
Agnes Kwek
Agnes Kwek Design Ambassador at DesignSingapore Council
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5
4
4
4.25
Sam McMorran
Sam McMorran Strategy and Design Director at IDEO
Beautiful diffusion and a clean upl...
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7
6
5
6
John Allsopp
John Allsopp Architect at John Allsopp Studio
4
6
4
5
4.75
Falco Webbink
Falco Webbink Head of Design at Wink
5.95
5.81
4.17
5
5.23
Designer
Client
Ricard Sampere
Floor area
70 ㎡
Completion
2019
Collaborator
Photographer

Green continuous flooring interconnects spaces. The project, located in El Born neighbourhood in Barcelona and designed by Nada comes from the need to refurbish an apartment from the 70s. The apartment overlooks the Parc de la Ciutadella, the greatest green space in the city center. The result is a living space with a contemporary style and simple and coherent materials. A thoughtful open space where different areas perfectly interact with each other. The interior design focuses its attention to emphasise the natural light and the connection between the outdoor environment and this interior space of contained dimensions. The area has been released from any obstacle that would hinder the light flow. A functional distribution without obstacles. The central white cube that has been constructed to distribute the different functionalities and relieve the space limitations. Erected in the living room, this structure contains a niche on the living room side, the dressing area, as well as bookshelves and storage space. Inside the white cube, almost invisible, it appears a second room of multiple functions that naturally connects with the living room. The sliding translucent doors come out from the interior of the central white cube, acting as a lantern and creating suggestive shadows. Doors that unleash light as a revisited version of the Japanese shojis and a wink to the oriental culture that the client demanded to include in a discreet way. Innovative and traditional materials. With the common goal to enhance the light flow and minimize any obstacle, Nada carefully selected simple, clean and unpretentious materials. White color is predominant in all the vertical elements as opposed to the continuous green paving that invades all the spaces of the apartment. A creative green continuous flooring has been chosen to interconnect all spaces and as a reminiscence of the tree branches behind the delicate curtains that diffuse the outdoor light. Sandy tone ceramics both in kitchen and bathroom emerge as a common theme in the rest of the spaces of this apartment, alluding the Mediterranean character of Barcelona. The choice of just a narrow color palette has simplified the space, it brings a warm feeling and organizes the functionalities of the apartment coherently.