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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Vivienda Bajos Madrazo in Barcelona, Spain by Miriam Castells StudioJuly 11th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Miriam Castells Studio Ground floor property located near Plaza Cardona, Barcelona. Located in an non-refurbished pristine dated building, the project lays out a new distribution, facilities, finishes and lighting. Being a ground floor, the project enhances natural light: the four meter ceilings benefit the space, there are large windows in the living area and master bedroom and openings facing the hall as this was a badly lighted area.  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas
 Image Courtesy © Olga Planas The vegetation takes center stage in this project; is a constant that repeats in each of the outer housing outputs creating a green corridor with an inside garden as a backdrop. Thus, the entrance courtyard is linked to this garden, through the intermediate inner patio.  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas The entrance’s courtyard, at street level, links to the master bedroom and acts as a filter between public space and private space through a green wall. On the other hand, the inner courtyard connects the bathrooms and bedrooms creating a space that evokes the essence of the Andalusian patio. Finally, the inner patio, adjacent to the living room and the real starting point of these green spaces, presents itself as a refuge, a vacuum within the density of contemporary Barcelona.  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas As for finishes, it has been restored the hydraulic mosaic in the living area and the sleeping area is wooden planks. Bathrooms and laundry room are tiled with rectangular ceramic and mosaic flooring is hexagonal. The main material is pinewood, from cabinets, drawers, shelves, part of the kitchen and the studio desk.  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas Lighting is warm and indirect. It has been conceived through focal points and with different types of lamps that provide more luminance richness into the spaces. The vast majority of the furniture and lamps have been recovered from family attics and storage rooms. Both the table lamp and the dining table are pieces designed in the office, Miriam Castells Studio. The latter is made of recovered white marble macael from a dated 30’s kitchen. They have been placed as a patchwork on an iron table base.  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Olga Planas  Image Courtesy © Miriam Castells Studio
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