The simple life

Colombo and Serboli Architecture transformed a neglected and poorly distributed apartment into a simple purist holiday home. The apartment is located on the sixth floor of an art nouveau building in Barcelona, Spain. In order to meet the brief, spaces had to be re-thought completely and all existing partitions had to be demolished.

The terrace that had been closed for many years with a roof and aluminum window frames, which has now been opened and connected towards the interior. The designers used the typical “rasilla” terracotta tiles to clad the floor as well as the new masonry seats folding all around the Chill out area. The four double bedrooms are simple and almost basic but beautifully detailed. Two layers of floor-to-ceiling drapery soften the matte light grey micro-cement that covers the floors of the whole apartment. In two of the three rooms, the bathrooms open onto the space to reveal a dash of coloured ceramic tiles, pink, yellow or light green, grouted with a contrast colour which gives a touch of restrained punch.