Article source: Carles Enrich

The conversion of an old dry-cleaning shop between party walls in the Gracia district court into a home-studio for a young family is a fantastic opportunity to rethink the use of an unused place and optimize the conditions.

It is proposed a system to enable the inhabitants to live in an single space arranged around the patio, where the bathroom is the only enclosed piece. All activities take place in a single room with visual contact with the patio. To achieve this, all the partitions that enclosed small rooms with no natural light or ventiliation were removed and the openings were extended to the exterior.

Image Courtesy © Enric Fabre

• Architects: Carles Enrich
• Project: Refurbishment of a patio-house
• Location: Gracia, Barcelona (Spain)
• Photography: Enric Fabre, Carles Enrich
• Constructor: CRK.
• Area: 145 sqm.
• Year: 2009 – 2013.
• End date: Febrary 2013