Bonell+Dòriga carries out understated overhaul of Walden 7 residence
Structure studio Bonell+Dòriga has revamped an residence in Ricardo Bofill’s Walden 7 in Barcelona, dotting its inside with vibrant geometric parts that reference the constructing’s facade.
Situated simply exterior of Barcelona within the city of Sant Simply Desvern, Walden 7 is a residential block designed by Spanish architect Ricard Bofill.
It was constructed in 1975 and contains 18 stepped, rust-red towers which might be organized round 4 teal-blue courtyards.
Barcelona-based Bonell+Dòriga was approached to renovate one of many 446 flats contained in the constructing, which the studio says is having fun with a renaissance.
“It is a work of structure which, after many years of oblivion, is presently reviving as a consequence of its photogenic presence in social media,” mentioned the studio.
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“However the shoppers should not from the design or advertising and marketing world – they know and respect the structure of the constructing as a result of they’re from town, however are all the time form of shocked and amused once they run into individuals taking footage and altering garments in the midst of the general public corridors,” it informed Dezeen.
“We by no means talked about phrases similar to ‘Instagrammable’ structure.”
The residence – which takes over a part of the constructing’s 12th and 13th flooring – has a easy inside scheme that options quiet pops of color.
Most partitions have been knocked by means of on the decrease stage to type a singular, open-plan dwelling house.
Chunky, sand-coloured plinths have been set within the nook of the room to create an L-shaped couch. It is topped with plush blue cushions, their color supposed as a delicate nod to Walden 7’s courtyards.
Blue cabinetry has additionally been put in within the kitchen.
“Situated within the central a part of the advanced, [the apartment’s] belonging to the constructing is virtually inescapable, even in its inside,” the studio defined.
“On this context, it was important that our intervention established a reference to the wealthy cloth of Bofill’s structure, however with out attempting to imitate it.”
A white-painted wall with an enormous geometric cut-out appears by means of to the other aspect of the room, which accommodates the eating space.
Plinths seem once more right here, this time serving as a bench seat and show shelving for the inhabitants’ private ornaments and artworks.
The residence’s sleeping quarters are reached through a brief flight of stairs.
A semi-circular block varieties step one, colored rust-red to match Walden 7’s facade. Its form additionally alludes to the curved balconies that seem all through the residential block.
Beige tiles have then been utilized in a step-like formation throughout surfaces within the rest room, emulating the constructing’s type.
Bonell+Dòriga is predicated in Barcelona and headed up by duo Laura Bonell and Daniel López-Dòriga.
The studio joins a number of individuals within the structure and design neighborhood who proceed to be drawn to Ricardo Bofill’s canon of labor – simply final yr Hungarian photographer Márton Mogyorósy employed a drone to seize aerial photographs of Walden 7, exhibiting off the constructing’s symmetry and Bofill’s “utopian imaginative and prescient”.
Images is courtesy of the studio.
Mission credit:
Architect: Bonell+Dòriga (Laura Bonell, Daniel López-Dòriga)
Collaborators: Paula Domènech