José Mármol Refurbishment

José Mármol Refurbishment
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JOSÉ MÁRMOL REFURBISHMENT

Micaela Racca

ARCHITECTS
Micaela Racca

MANUFACTURERS
Monolitic

AREA
35 m²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Almagro, Argentina

CATEGORY
Renovation

Text description provided by architect.

The project arises from the need to renovate a late 19th-century 35sqm apartment located in Almagro, Buenos Aires.

José Mármol Refurbishment
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José Mármol Refurbishment
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José Mármol Refurbishment
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The layout was originally fragmented into three small rooms with poor access to sunlight and interrupted airflow.

Hence, in order to create an open and luminous space, the non-load-bearing walls were demolished and the hidden vault ceiling was revealed and restored.

In the center of the space, a seamless volume compacts the program allowing circulation around and providing a particular response to each side.Towards the living area, it opens up as an integrated kitchen while on the flip side it contains the bed and the bathroom.

José Mármol Refurbishment
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José Mármol Refurbishment
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The new volume was constructed with a textured material palette: terrazzo, marble, and beech wood distilled of any ornamentation to attain a simple and clean outlook.

The external walls and windows, the ceiling, and the limestone-tiled floor were unified monochromatically all white.

The original and the new converse with each other but never interpose, allowing both components to be appreciated individually yet cohesively.

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