The project encompasses the reform of a 110sqm apartment with façade to one of the characteristic chamfers of Barcelona. The new inhabitants, a couple of local creatives, had some requirements that the existing state did not meet, so all the interior partitions were demolished, but respecting the system of structural bays of load bearing walls parallel to facade, something very characteristic of these blocks.
The project proposes a long front of oak wood, perpendicular to the façade, which houses the bedroom, the dressing room and the studio, as well as generous closets. This front serves as the interior façade, and three functional blocks are projected on it transversely. The outermost is the block of living areas which takes advantage of all the development of the façade of the chamfer revealing its entire length. Likewise, the wooden partition does not touch the façade, as it is interrupted giving way to large pivoting doors of lacquered wood with vertical strips of brass, without frames, so that the entire facade can be understood in an uninterrupted way.
A block of bathrooms, storage and pantry is located on the other side of the existing structural wall. The main bathroom is designed as two spaces: a first one with a glazed front, where the bathtub, washbasin, and boudoir are located; and a second more private area with two cabins for wc and shower
At the inner end of the apartment there is a third block with the guest bathroom and the room for the couple's cats
Atic Aribau
Raúl Sánchez Architects

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