Taking advantage of the strength of an existing roof, made as the typical Catalan deck between steel beams, and demolishing a few walls to enlarge the space that envolves the elements around the inner courtyard, the inner reform made by CAVAA Arquitectes focuses on the design of a carpentry that encloses the patio, who becomes the protagonist of the project. The house maintains its structure entirely, being renewed with very few changes.
Description of the project by CAVAA Arquitectes
This main floor apartment has an internal, quiet and isolated patio from the Poble Nou streets in Barcelona. In a chamfer housing, we focus the project's efforts to transform the living room area and its relationship to the courtyard. From our earliest sketches, the patio was invited to come inside the house, giving value to the kitchen and all living spaces annexed.
The proposal is based on the idea of merging the main spaces: living, yard and kitchen in order to obtain a new open-space living room with some pleasant nooks. Nooks designed from a window that has entered into the house, with the purpose to relate the space subtly, and multiply its warmth. We transformed a residual, dark and forgotten space ... in the new center of the house: the yard.
CREDITS.-
Architects.- CAVAA arquitectes.
Architects in Charge.- Jordi Calbetó, Oriol Vañó.
Quantity Surveyor.- Pep Vinuesa.
Photographs: Filippo Poli.
