AllAround Lab . photos: © José Hevia
Ávila is a project that reinterprets what was originally an open-plan warehouse located in the Poble Nou neighborhood of Barcelona to turn it into a 120m2 multifunctional and habitable space. The proposal aims to carry out this transformation using what we call “the minimum means to inhabit a place”, namely, storage, humid spaces and circulations, considering the entire free volume and not just its surface. Continue reading AllAround Lab
Allaround Lab . photos: © José Hevia
After freeing the space from the existing partitions, we built up a freestanding box that contains the wet program and the storage space of the house and works as a filter between day-time and night-time areas. Thus, this volume allows a continuous reading of the interior space while having the ability to segregate it. Continue reading Allaround Lab
Allaround Lab . photos: © José Hevia
The clients, a young couple, commissioned us this project with the sole premise that they wanted a space that was as open as possible and that, at the same time, it could be compartmentalized and become two differentiated areas, to be able to work and perform different tasks throughout the day simultaneously without bothering each other. Continue reading Allaround Lab
Allaround Lab . photos: © José Hevia
This project is located in the city of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The apartment is situated on the top floor of the building. It has three exterior facades and one interior facade in a U shape, which matches the perimeter of the staircase and the elevator of the building. The main idea of the design is to equip the central U-shaped space of the house with the storage program and the services, keeping the exterior perimeter completely free. Continue reading Allaround Lab
Allaround Lab . photos: © José Hevia
This is an example of a typical flat of Barcelona’s Eixample, with a very fragmented, elongated and narrow geometry. To this distribution, we must also add two load-bearing walls parallel to the facades that make the new distribution even more difficult. Continue reading Allaround Lab
