Carmen & Jorge | MH.AP

Barcelona / Spain / 2024

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Carmen and Jorge are a couple with two children who contacted us to renovate Carmen’s grandfather’s old flat, adapting it to their current needs. Carmen had lived in the flat before, so she knew every corner intimately. We carried out a comprehensive intervention, slightly altering the original layout and material palette to improve functionality and give the space a new lease of life.


The flat is located on the fifth floor overlooking the square. The original layout and materials prevented natural light from the living room—located on the main façade—from reaching the kitchen, leaving these areas dark and disconnected. After evaluating various options with Carmen and Jorge on how to reconfigure the space, they opted for an open-plan kitchen at the entrance and a living room that flows into it. The children’s bedrooms, a full bathroom, and the main en suite bedroom are arranged along a short corridor, separated from the main living area by a pivoting wooden door.


One of the project’s most distinctive features is its triangular floor plan, which gives certain rooms their unique character. We adapted the kitchen to the triangular entrance space, organising it around a central island and separating it from the main door with a full-height partition. The entrance, corridor and kitchen are essentially one continuous space, differentiated only by a change in floor material.


 


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Carmen y Jorge son una pareja con dos hijos que nos contactó para reformar el antiguo piso del abuelo de Carmen y adaptarlo a sus necesidades actuales. Carmen ya había vivido en el piso, por lo que conocía cada rincón al detalle. Llevamos a cabo una intervención integral, modificando ligeramente la distribución original y la paleta de materiales para mejorar la funcionalidad y dar nueva vida al espacio.


 


El piso se encuentra en una quinta planta con vistas a la plaza. La distribución y los materiales originales impedían que la luz natural del salón —ubicado en la fachada principal— llegara hasta la cocina, lo que dejaba estas zonas oscuras y desconectadas. Tras evaluar distintas opciones con Carmen y Jorge sobre cómo reorganizar el espacio, optaron por una cocina abierta junto a la entrada y un salón que se integra con ella. Las habitaciones de los niños, un baño completo y la habitación principal con baño en suite se organizan a lo largo de un corto pasillo, separado de la zona de día mediante una puerta pivotante de madera.


Uno de los rasgos más distintivos del proyecto es la planta triangular, que aporta carácter a varias estancias. Adaptamos la cocina al espacio triangular de la entrada, organizándola en torno a una isla central y separándola de la puerta principal con un tabique de suelo a techo. La entrada, el pasillo y la cocina forman, en esencia, un único espacio continuo, diferenciado únicamente por el cambio de material en el pavimento.


 


Team: Inês Guergosso Meireles


Photographer: Pol Masip (https://polmasip.com/)

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    Carmen and Jorge are a couple with two children who contacted us to renovate Carmen’s grandfather’s old flat, adapting it to their current needs. Carmen had lived in the flat before, so she knew every corner intimately. We carried out a comprehensive intervention, slightly altering the original layout and material palette to improve functionality and give the space a new lease of life. The flat is located on the fifth floor overlooking the square. The original layout and materials...

    Project details
    • Year 2024
    • Work finished in 2024
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Apartments / Interior design / Residential renovation
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