Arquitectura - G

Apartment In “el Putxet”

Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia

APARTMENT
IN "EL PUTXET"

ARQUITECTURA-G

ARCHITECTS
ARQUITECTURA-G

AREA
150.0 m²

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain

CATEGORY
Housing, Adaptive Reuse

Text description provided by architect.

Arquitectura-g was commissioned to transform a 150sqm groundfloor studio into an apartment. 

Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia
Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia

In the context of a low budget, the key decision was to act only over the interior layout and the floor.

The original walls of the house have remained intact so the intervention, basic but categorical, consists in the articulation of space by a set of vertical planes.

Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia
Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia

The Project pursues the visual relation with the outside terrace, being light and vegetation constant across the oblique arrangement of the project’s elements.

This oblique arrangement strangles and widens space, creating spots of different kind.

Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia
Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia

This new partitions don’t actually touch the original walls or reach the height of the ceiling, making clear the difference between the new and what already was there.

As for the choice of materials, there is a pronounced Mediterranean accent.

Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia
Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia

Vertical surfaces are covered in shiny materials such as glazed ceramic tile or mirror, so the light coming from the outdoor terrace is multiplied.

In addition to the reflection of light, we see the contrast between the pure geometry of the new partitions and wild vegetation in their reflections.

Apartment In “el Putxet”
Courtesy of ARQUITECTURA-G
Apartment In “el Putxet”
Courtesy of ARQUITECTURA-G

The floor is finished with ceramic as well, but in this case with unglazed clay tiles, which brings a dose of warmth in contrast to vertical planes.


Apartment In “el Putxet”
© José Hevia
Apartment In “el Putxet”
Courtesy of ARQUITECTURA-G
Apartment In “el Putxet”
Courtesy of ARQUITECTURA-G

Arquitectura - G
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