Architecture studio Cavaa has revamped this condominium in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, working with multi-practical furniture to maximise the house.
Identified as Galla Dwelling, the two-bedroom condominium options a kitchen counter with a created-in bench and a storage device that doubles as a window seat.
Cavaa made improvements to the floor plan, including taking away walls to make the condominium more open strategy.
“This apartment commenced from a conventional composition organised with enclosed areas, a distributing corridor and a tiny south-dealing with balcony,” reported Cavaa.
“The new design expands the home with a new terrace in the block’s courtyard and arranges the interior rooms to deliver them closer to the expanded open area.”
Moving into by the front door, a new designed-in wardrobe to the still left retains coats and footwear. Straight forward, yet another room-conserving furniture device kinds an L-shape in opposition to the perimeter partitions.
A deep window seat is lower out from this piece, with cupboards and drawers beneath, forming the perfect vantage issue for the Galla House’s feline occupants.
Mirrors deal with the doors of the adjacent unit, maximizing the feeling of house.
Round the corner, in the open up program dwelling space, a bench varieties a seating region for the dining table. Hinges on the seats enable entry to the storage bins beneath.
Throughout the place, the kitchen is demarked by a 3rd home furnishings component. Counters line 1 aspect, forming a 50 percent wall with an added glass partition that continues to the ceiling.
This feature retains the smells and splashes of the kitchen contained, devoid of chopping off the occupants from the action occurring in the residing place.
On the other aspect of the kitchen area counters, experiencing the sofa, an angled bench with electrical power sockets adds one more put to sit in the communal space.
Outside the house, the enlarged balcony is accessible by using ground-to-ceiling glass doorways. A further doorway links the kitchen area region straight with this terrace.
“The design and style of distinct home furniture unifies the language of the intervention thanks to its textures and colours, providing storage and solutions at the identical time,” mentioned Cavaa.
The grooved wooden factors are painted newborn blue. Complimentary brilliant teal accents mark the edges of the crystal clear 50 percent wall, continuing throughout the doorway lintel and in the compact gaps concerning the tops of the cupboards and the ceiling.
The result is of a continual piece of furnishings that encircles the residing area. Timber floorboards enhance the wood features of the storage pieces.
A pale blue-gray terrazzo flooring with darker chips marks the kitchen location, connected by a slim sliver to the spot around the entrance door the place this flooring style proceeds. Twin orange pendant lights dangle previously mentioned the eating table.
To the rear of the apartment, there is a modest analyze and two bedrooms. The grasp bedroom has new designed-in wardrobes, and the family members lavatory has been enlargened and rearranged.
Cavaa was started in 2009 by Jordi Calbetó and Oriol Vañó.
The follow has also renovated an apartment in Barcelona, exposing a common vaulted ceiling and changing brick walls with glazing.
Images is by Filippo Poli.
Venture credits:
Architect: CAVAA
Design staff: Jordi Calbetó, Oriol Vañó and Josep Massana
Collaborators: Federico Acetti and Laura Gutiérrez, architects
Client: Personal
