designboom · Creativity & design

1960s Madrid Apartment Reframed with Curved Joinery and Bold Color

A 48-sqm Madrid apartment was renovated by Alessio Lamarca and Marta Ciabattini, focusing on everyday routines. The design prioritizes how the space will be used, influencing layout and element scale.

The original three-bedroom apartment, unchanged since the 1960s, had deteriorated finishes and a compartmentalized plan. The renovation reduces it to two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an open living area with an American-style kitchen, calibrating spaces and storage to actual use.

Color defines spatial organization, with pink and coral marking zones and circulation. Architects used color as a material to shape space perception and create relationships between light, shadow, and volume.

The blue bathroom acts as a chromatic threshold. A visual axis integrates flush storage into walls finished in a warm, broken white.

Custom furniture maximizes the limited area. A curved bar countertop maintains open circulation. Built-in wardrobes incorporate structural columns, preserving floor space.

The primary bedroom's wardrobe has a modified corner with an open bookshelf, softening transitions.

Walnut wood and lacquer create continuity between kitchen and storage. A change in lacquer tone shifts the space's character.

The renovation integrates color, furniture, curves, and storage as a unified strategy, organizing functions around daily life within the apartment's limited dimensions.

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