Starting point:
We find a 400m2 noble flat, midcentury, in which the client wants to make an integral reform, including change of distribution of all the elements and modification of the structure.

The original flat has a very rigid distribution that is imposed by the structure based on load-bearing walls. These load-bearing walls do not follow an orthogonality as the plot borders 2 streets that are not perpendicular.

The project is a challenge on a structural level as the building has 10 floors and the flat in question is on the first floor. The structure naturally has small openings, that means that the flat has dark areas.

The flat has generous openings in the façade that overlook a wide street and the wonderful and coveted Turó Park.

Proposal:
Gathering the proposal of the client, who on seeing how the flowering tree tops through the windows exclaimed "the vegetation almost forms part of this flat, open up the spaces and let the park in" we agreed that one of the main objectives of the project would be that: Open up the flat towards the park to let light in and connect the interior with the exterior, turning the park into the garden of our project....

Pursuing this objective, it was decided to distribute the day areas and the main bedroom in the spaces facing the façade and to open up the existing load-bearing walls to let more light into the rear spaces. This creates different levels of privacy even though they are connected as the walls do not open completely.

In terms of finishes, a palette of light and sober colours is proposed for the floor, walls and ceiling so the natural light bounces. Natural light wood on floors and lime stucco on ceilings and walls, allowing the façades to breathe with the exterior, thus improving comfort. Leaving the protagonism of colours and textures to the particular elements. The curved dark walnut wall gives continuity and links up the different spaces together, and the immense kitchen island in green Macael marble, 11cm solid, with a spectacular cantilever over which the kitchen spaces are configured.

A challenge that this project overaome are the doors, where we had to innovate together with the expert locksmith a design that was as transparent as possible but at the same time elegant, with a 20mm thick profile!

In the private wing we have chosen to give the room neutral colours to create abright space and on the contrary, in the dressing room we have chosen to make the wardrobes the focal point with a dark walnut interior illuminated to give warmth and sophistication to the space.

We proposed a "latemotiv": a concave or convex semi-circle. Handles on the doors are half circles, dark walnut panelling is formed by segments of a circle and panelling in the kitchen and false ceiling in some cases is formed by strips of small concave semi-circles.

Secondary elements such as a laundry room, service kitchen, bathrooms, gym, machine room and guest rooms are arranged in the interior areas of the flat.