by Beta.0
Dates: 2016-2017
Location: Serrano Street, Madrid, Spain.
Typology: Housing
Client: Private
Status: Completed
Size: 325 m2
Team: Borja Peña, Xabier Ortega y Ernesto Sierra.
The project looks to adapt an old apartment, in one of the late 19th century stately buildings located on Madrid´s calle Serrano, in the extension to the city designed by Carlos María De Castro, to contemporary family needs
In keeping with the natural structure of the building itself, it was decided to generate two large open spaces at the two extremes of the home to produce the domestic setting for daytime use. Openness dominates, with the removal of partitions and dividing elements, extending the spans of the structural walls, so generating visual fluidity and permeability, as well as the necessary versatility for the users of the home themselves to be able to reformulate spaces simply through furnishings.
The first open space acts as a natural extension to the magnificent glazed entrance hallway to the building, as well as to its imposing main staircase and lift, both of which have heritage protection.
It was designed as a large white open space flooded with light that enters through the large windows that open onto calle Serrano. The use of a uniform style makes it possible to conserve existing elements and to introduce new features that add value to the original space.
As such, a new deep functional wall was designed, ornamented externally with the same arrangement as the existing panelling and acting as a backdrop to this great space as a dynamic element that also unifies the functional programme it completes. The making of openings by way of camouflaged doors emphasises the idea of an old tapestry that conceals within it the parts that complete the apartment’s functional programme.
The second large space, linked to the rear staircase, is located between two large patios, tying together the functional axis made up of the kitchen, office and laundry room.
The rest of the functional programme for night-time use is resolved in the space between these two great extremes connected to each other through mobile subdivisions and a great gallery space that opens out at their mid-point, generating a family living space right at the heart of the home.
Opting for a contemporary, large, clean, open space, together with respect for the original building elements, such as the fireplaces, mouldings, libraries, wood panelling, melis pine flooring, windows and iron fittings, generates a new sensitivity that obliges careful design and selection of the rest of the materials for the apartment. The elaborate laying of the floors, the purposeful design of the pieces of furniture and lighting, incorporating fine materials such as stone and brass, complete the intervention and succeed in creating a new atmosphere of a contemporary home that respects the original character of the late 19th century stately building in which it is located.
BETA.0
Borja Peña Arquitecto
C/Marqués del Riscal 2,
1º- Exterior Derecha
28010 Madrid
+34 913 914 145
info@beta-puntocero.com
Borja Peña (Madrid 1974) Arquitecto / Socio fundador de Beta.0.
Estudió en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid y en la Technische Universität de Darmstadt, entre 1992 y 2000. Posteriormente, concluyó sus estudios de Doctorado en el Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos en la ETSAM.
Ejerce de Profesor ayudante de Proyectos Arquitectónicos en la ETSAM desde el año 2001-2004. Asimismo, ha sido profesor invitado en la Universidades Camilo José Cela y San Pablo CEU de Madrid.
Su amplia formación y la experiencia acumulada durante años de colaboración con prestigiosos estudios de arquitectura como el de Rafael Moneo, le han permitido establecer una oficina propia de alto nivel profesional, habiendo recibido numerosos premios por su actividad profesional. Cabe señalar recientemente el Premio Especial a la Mejor Rehabilitación 2012-2014 VETECO ASEFAVE por la obra del Rehabilitación del Picadero Cubierto en Madrid. Así mismo en el año 2012 fue distinguido, de entre 991 candidaturas, como uno de los 7 despachos emergentes más interesantes de Madrid, en el marco del programa cultural ARQUIA/PRÓXIMA, promovido por la Fundación Caja de Arquitectos.
Su trabajo ha sido premiado en diversos concursos nacionales e internacionales: Concurso de NSA 4 para 122 VPO de la EMVS; Concurso de Ideas para nuevas tipologías de viviendas V.P.O. en Cantabria; Concurso para el desarrollo de 75 VPO en Adelfas; Europan 5, Europan 6, Concurso Internacional para 325 VPO en el Lote4 del Barrio Avanzado de Toledo; Concurso Internacional para 260 VPO en el Lote7 del mismo Barrio y Concurso del Edificio de Oficinas en Pº de la Castellana 94.
Sus proyectos han sido publicados en distintas publicaciones especializadas: Arquitectos, Arquitectura COAM, el Croquis, A+T, TC cuadernos, Panorama, Arq Future, y en los libros NEXT COLLECTIVE HOUSING IN PROGRESS de A+T, Proyectos de la EMV 2004 y Un Siglo de Vivienda Social.
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