Blackened wooden seems all through R House by Francesc Rifé Studio

Black-stained wooden partitions meet time-worn tile flooring inside this Valencia house, which has been overhauled by Francesc Rifé Studio.

Set inside La Finca Roja – a red-brick residential block in Valencia’s Jesús neighbourhood that dates again to 1929 – the R House has been re-designed by Francesc Rifé Studio to characteristic a mixture of outdated and new components.

“The historical past of the place and its earlier lives have performed an necessary position in its new design and configuration,”mentioned the studio, which relies in Barcelona.

“The primary a part of our work was to protect the uncooked essence of the area whereas eliminating its most up-to-date and pointless supplies.”

Sustaining the medley of patterned ground tiles and uncovered ceilings, the studio has tweaked the format of the house in order that it is now dominated by an open-plan dwelling space with blackened-wood partitions.

“The impartiality of this [black] color contributes to the truth that any historic proof is outstanding,” defined the studio.

“The area was already very open, though we wished to do it extra by connecting beforehand separate rooms.”

“From the earlier distribution we marked the brand new one, making this extra versatile,” it added.

A full-height boxy quantity crafted from black-stained poplar wooden creates a way of separation between the doorway hallway and the kitchen, which has been accomplished with shiny metal cabinetry.

Blackened wooden has additionally been used to make a low-lying bookshelf that backs onto a chunky gray couch within the sitting room and an extended desk that has been constructed round a structural column.

Right here the inhabitants can have dinner, or host group conferences when working from dwelling. Behind there’s additionally a proper desk.

An angled black-wood partition wall with subtly built-in doorways leads via to personal areas just like the bed room and toilet, which characteristic contrasting white fixtures.

The studio has additionally up to date the out of doors courtyard that is situated on the rear of the house, cladding it nearly solely in planks of black pinewood to supply an “intimate background” to the potted vegetation.

This is not the primary time that Francesc Rifé Studio has opted for darkish tones – earlier this yr it added coal-coloured surfaces and blackened furnishings to Valencia’s Merkato restaurant, which is about inside a former plane hanger.

Pictures is by David Zarzoso.