SANT PAU
Located in a corner building in Barcelona dating from the late 19th century, the project for this apartment renovation is defined by its triangular floor plan, product of the typical chamfered like corners of Cerda's Eixample plan for the city. A sequence of triangular and rectangular rooms are displayed to organize the apartment. New openings between these chambers establish continuous and versatile circuits. It increases the number of doorsways to connect as many compartments as possible, in order to allow multiple paths and a non-hierarchical perception of the space.
In the rooms facing the facade the project preserves the original expression, keeping ceiling heights, moldings, and restoring existing doors and windows. Towards the interior, through the kitchen, the original ornamentation is left behind, giving way for a more technical and neutral expression to appear.
Rather than imposing a new formal identity, the project proposes a return to a hypothetical original state—prior to the many past interventions. This idea of ‘original’ is not literal, but conceptual, making it ductile enough to overlap with a contemporary way of living.
