Renovation of a housing on Comte Urgell street
Making the kitchen the centre of day-to-day life
The renovation of this 113 m² flat on Compte d'Urgell street is located in a listed building in Barcelona's Eixample district. The project stems from the desire to improve the spatial and functional quality of the existing flat, maintaining its structure and typological values, but rethinking its interior layout.
The proposal places the kitchen at the centre of domestic life, making it the element around which the rest of the spaces are organised. This decision eliminates unnecessary corridors and partitions, transforming a fragmented layout into a sequence of more open, connected and flexible spaces.
The intervention does not seek an explicit formal transformation, but rather a restrained update that improves the living conditions: more natural light, better ventilation, greater spatial continuity and an organisation adapted to current ways of living.
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Surface:113 m²
Budget MEB:71.880 €
Ended:14/10/2023
Constructor:GrupoObra
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Reconceptualising an existing flat
The project is based on a flat in the Eixample district with a traditional layout, characterised by long corridors and excessively compartmentalised spaces. The strategy consists of reinterpreting this typology to adapt it to current needs, reorganising its uses without altering the essential structure of the flat and enhancing its original qualities.
The kitchen as the heart of the project
The renovation transforms the kitchen into the organising core of the home, leaving behind its status as an isolated service space. From this new central location, the day and night areas are connected, integrating circulation within the spaces in use and eliminating the corridor as a residual element. The result is a more fluid and functional floor plan, adapted to contemporary everyday life.
Light, ventilation and spatial continuity
The new layout makes better use of the two façades of the flat, enhancing natural light and cross ventilation. The visual connection between rooms expands the perception of space and creates more comfortable environments, demonstrating that an interior reorganisation can significantly transform the overall quality of the flat.
