Juan Apartment

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Vora Arquitectura
Pere Buil Castells
Toni Riba Galí
Vora Arquitectura

Re-use of an old structure. Transformation and addition. The flat was, when we entered, a collection of spaces in which different times were superimposed on each other. Various uses that had accumulated elements and layers on its walls over the years, and had ended up forming a strange and blurred atmosphere. Despite the confusion, one could appreciate the power of its original defining features: a structure of interlinked spaces separated by a powerful succession of load-bearing walls, the hydraulic mosaic floor with a distinction of hierarchy of uses, and rhythmic ceilings made up of ceramic vaults and wooden beams.

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It seems to us that a renovation project should make the most of what it finds. As it happens in the city, which is a conglomerate of different historical times that contaminate each other, that interweave into a complex and ambiguous whole that excites us. Although in this case the pre-existence was not of exceptional heritage or historical value, it was perfectly usable and attractive, and led us to a strategy of recycling and transformation, with diffuse limits, to which we inserted new concentrated and differentiated functional elements.

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General information

Juan Apartment

YEAR

2010

Status

Built

Option to visit

Closed to visitors

Address

St. Gran de Gràcia, 56

08012 Barcelona - Barcelona

Latitude: 41.399393935

Longitude: 2.1560874749

Classification

Built area

1 - 500 m²

Awards

A/P 2012

XII BEAU

Involved architects

Pere Buil Castells

Toni Riba Galí

Involved architectural firms

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