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OOIIO Architecture studio in Madrid has transformed a former junkyard into a new apartment, featuring colorful L-shaped wardrobes surrounding the walls.
Design Features
The project is located in Madrid, Spain and covers an area of only 55 square meters, and was named House in a Haberdashery.
The interiors are dominated by different materials and colors such as green, red and cream shades.
Dynamic wood divider in the middle of the space acts as a playful divider, separating the bedroom and kitchen.
On the other hand, a new bright and colorful bathroom replaces the old commercial warehouse and is hidden behind “L” cupboards.
The studio describes the project as “new opportunities for aging spaces.”
Design shape
The rectangular space has been reconfigured with colorful L-shaped kitchen cabinets,
so that users can have free space inside and absorb as much natural light as possible.
The golden slats also direct this light and play with privacy as per users’ need.
Architects call the nature of these projects “change-of-use projects,” and according to the studio,
the concept is very popular today in large areas of cities like Madrid.
The studio also took the same approach to this project and used only the design elements and furniture pieces necessary for living comfortably indoors.
Whereas there was a neighborhood store, parking lot, or upholstery workshop,
today apartment prices are rising.
Families are also different now, not all of them need a house of 3 or 4 bedrooms, a kitchen and a garden,
there are also people who live alone, couples without children, or people who pass through town for a specific period.
Although this trend can be seen from a negative perspective,
if we look at the loss of the commercial, economic and social fabric that formed neighborhoods a few decades ago.
Or from a positive point of view if we value the opportunity for recycling,
new investment and revitalization of the degraded areas brought about by these use changes projects.”
Focusing on what is essential to contemporary urban living,
this apartment combines the living room, work area, dining room and bedroom in a naturally lit space.
Some golden slats direct this light and remove or give privacy to the room as per users’ need.
Design materials
The studio preferred to use simple and cheap materials in the interior,
which could match the size of the intervention, showing the language of the space in an expressive way, filling everything with colors, textures and nuances.
Both cabinets are designed in a soft mint color, while the blush backgrounds of the nightstand create a striking contrast.
The cabinets are framed in white marble and clad in coral ceramic tiles,
purposely placed in front of the windows so that natural light makes them vibrate.
The team also used glossy turquoise tiles in the narrow bathroom,
which reflect light, to make the small space available even more feel.
According to the studio, this tiny apartment recycles an old space,
designed for the new demand of 21st-century urban dwellers.
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