CADAM

Apartment renovation for a musician

The apartment is in the corner on the last floor of a sixties building. It is a sunny flat but with a conventional layout : a large “L” shaped corridor giving access to the living-room and four bedrooms (all towards the façade) and the kitchen and two bathrooms (towards the patio).

The concept ideas will be:
-Adapt the current house to the new owner
-Enjoy as much natural light as possible
-Join original concepts of the house with new concepts

Project year 2015
Construction year 2015
Constructed area 100 m2
Situation Calle Conde 31, Granada (España)
Project authors DTR_studio architects (Jose María Olmedo / Jose Miguel Vázquez)
On site management DTR_studio architects
Builder Mepabi
Contributors Claudia Gutiérrez, Alba Márquez
Photographs Cristina Beltrán
Published

Proyect concepts

Functional housing

We remove all the divisions. We will use the furniture to delimit the different functions. Just the division between the day time space (living-room) and the night time space (bedroom) will have a very clear separation, but instead of a wall we use a long cupboard to be used for different things: kitchen, pantry, door, wardrobe. The office , directly in front of the entrance, is separated from the living-room by a cupboard lower than the ceiling, to allow the space to flow. The office space can also be used as a guest-room.

Various orientations

The open space concept allows us to enjoy all the natural light available. From early morning across the kitchen to the afternoon from the living-room corner.

Natural integration

On the other hand, we think it would be interesting to highlight some current elements from the house preserve its memory: the concrete beams and columns with no cover as well as the furniture will help to delimit the spaces. The “suspended” beams belong to the structural history of the buildings, with those handmade formworks and their special texture. At the same time the original wood floor will be maintained. Nowadays these kind of floors are often not used, but we think they transmit character and quality. The new finishes have been chosen in accordance with the pre-existing materials: recycled wood (OSB) for the furniture and Retro tiles for kitchen and bath-rooms floors.

CADAM

Apartment renovation for a musician

The apartment is in the corner on the last floor of a sixties building. It is a sunny flat but with a conventional layout : a large “L” shaped corridor giving access to the living-room and four bedrooms (all towards the façade) and the kitchen and two bathrooms (towards the patio).

The concept ideas will be:
-Adapt the current house to the new owner
-Enjoy as much natural light as possible
-Join original concepts of the house with new concepts

Project year 2015

Construction year 2015

Constructed area 100 m2

Situation Calle Conde 31, Granada (España)

Project authors DTR_studio architects (Jose María Olmedo / Jose Miguel Vázquez)

On site management DTR_studio architects

Builder Mepabi

Contributors Claudia Gutiérrez, Alba Márquez

Photographs Cristina Beltrán

Published

Proyect concepts

Functional housing

We remove all the divisions. We will use the furniture to delimit the different functions. Just the division between the day time space (living-room) and the night time space (bedroom) will have a very clear separation, but instead of a wall we use a long cupboard to be used for different things: kitchen, pantry, door, wardrobe. The office , directly in front of the entrance, is separated from the living-room by a cupboard lower than the ceiling, to allow the space to flow. The office space can also be used as a guest-room.

Various orientations

The open space concept allows us to enjoy all the natural light available. From early morning across the kitchen to the afternoon from the living-room corner.

Natural integration

On the other hand, we think it would be interesting to highlight some current elements from the house preserve its memory: the concrete beams and columns with no cover as well as the furniture will help to delimit the spaces. The “suspended” beams belong to the structural history of the buildings, with those handmade formworks and their special texture. At the same time the original wood floor will be maintained. Nowadays these kind of floors are often not used, but we think they transmit character and quality. The new finishes have been chosen in accordance with the pre-existing materials: recycled wood (OSB) for the furniture and Retro tiles for kitchen and bath-rooms floors.