
House Refurbishment in Barcelona / NOMO STUDIO
House Refurbishment in Barcelona / NOMO STUDIO

- Space :
240 m²
Yr :
2022

Textual content description offered by the architects. Largely untouched since its building within the Seventies, this Barcelona penthouse underwent a whole redistribution to swimsuit modern open-plan dwelling. The design of the challenge responds to a modernized strategy to a traditional constructing generally and the desire to protect its inherited magnificence, all in keeping with the preferences of the shoppers. The superfluous partitions are eradicated, connecting all of the day areas in a big fluid house, thus stopping corridors.


Particular consideration was paid to custom-designed pivot components that manage the open plan into completely different settings. A tall granite counter, three outsized marble espresso tables, and a floating hearth create a sequence of interrelated atmospheres. Every one in every of them was conceived as a powerful monolithic factor that claims a spontaneous floating circulation round it. On this approach, the previous hearth was indifferent from the wall, turning into a novel free-standing piece. Its horizontal reduce emphasizes the intention to create hinges as a substitute of blocking relationships. The resistance of those elements was thought of essential sufficient to dismantle the façade and place a marble desk with a diameter of 180 cm in a single piece.

An identical precept of interconnected packages is discovered inside the main bedroom, the place the dressing room, bed room, and examine share an open plan, structured solely by separate wardrobes and sliding partitions. Massive floor-to-ceiling mirrors paired with reflective smoked glass doorways create a geometrical mirage within the walk-in closet. A mixture of powdery and muted palettes punctuated with daring, daring colour components is replicated all through the house, searching for a balanced city aesthetic in tune with shoppers’ personalities. It was deemed price saving the picket window frames, in any other case changing all finishes.



Pure supplies resembling oak and teak flooring, marble and granite counter tops, or ceramic wall tiles had been used all through the home. The non-public rooms, all of them en-suite, had been grouped alongside the perimeter, surrounding the utterly open day space. All of the furnishings, resembling wardrobes, espresso tables, work tables, and king-size single beds, had been customized and positioned alongside the partitions giving a powerful feeling of spaciousness. The granite and wood-clad kitchen shortly transcended its merely useful function, turning into an area for eating, studying, socializing, or working; all because of its ample pure gentle, heat finishes and lighting, central island, and structure of passage.
