The Interior Designer Susanna Cots has shot literally down this House in the District of Sarrià in Barcelona for, on the one hand, take advantage of the light that could offer a rear terrace which was virtually blind and, on the other hand, get a distribution that is more adapted to a family with four children. This is the story of this singular penthouse in the upper area of Barcelona, you have it all via Houzz.
At a glance
Who lives here: A family with four children
Situation: District of Sarrià, Barcelona
Area: 180 m cuadradosEstas openings on this terrace we see here, they were not previously. Instead, the walls were blind and a door located where the fireplace is now, gave access to this outer zone, in the rear part of the housing. And it is that the House has, However, with another very large terrace to the main street to the other side. Precisely for this reason, It is a terrace rather noisy, reason for which Susanna Cots decided to make this another area the main outdoor area in lathe is distributed to and look all over the House. With the natural thing that seems the result, It is hard to imagine that it has not been so long.
Who lives here: A family with four children
Situation: District of Sarrià, Barcelona
Area: 180 m cuadradosEstas openings on this terrace we see here, they were not previously. Instead, the walls were blind and a door located where the fireplace is now, gave access to this outer zone, in the rear part of the housing. And it is that the House has, However, with another very large terrace to the main street to the other side. Precisely for this reason, It is a terrace rather noisy, reason for which Susanna Cots decided to make this another area the main outdoor area in lathe is distributed to and look all over the House. With the natural thing that seems the result, It is hard to imagine that it has not been so long.
As well as the large openings, It flooded light the living room and even the kitchen that we see in the background to the right, This is another element that was not in the House wood burning fireplace. "We took advantage of that it was a top floor, Since this facilitates installation of these features can be included when the House there with her departure", explains Susanna Cots.
Salon, so bright and spacious, and a minimum decoration, He has won with it in great warmth. It is an open space, is He raised the soil in this part to help zone This area of the housing.
To exit to the terrace, one of the big surprises that this project has: both spans have been framed by the study of Susanna Cots with a generous woodwork of black that embrace a minimalist pond with a waterfall, It provides an important zen touch to this outer space. "Actually we wanted to put a pool in this area, but we could not after doing structural calculations. With this pond, unless you can put your feet soak in summer", laughs Susanna. "This solution also allowed us, On the other hand, better hide the fireplace installations", explains.
Again on the inside, We move because in the area which belongs to the kitchen, from where we get this visual of the Nice reading corner It opens onto the terrace. So all this part of the House can benefit from natural light that projects, There is no practically blind dividing walls in this area, but Windows with panels of black metal.
Curiously, Black is one of the colors with more presence in this project. In principle it should not have nothing curious if not because white protagonist Susanna Cots work is characterized precisely by a job.
""Theinclusion of the black was a request by the owners housing, It is a color that they love", Susanna has. It is sprinkling different areas of the House, Although there are two rooms in which completely dominates: one is the kitchen. "For reduce excessive austerity producing, We play with wood, as we see in this oak countertop, and with the employment of the artificial light, integrated on the walls and the ceiling", explains Susanna.
"This type of sliding mechanisms tend to make leaves on others when they are closed and not below, so they do not end up producing a watertight seal. To avoid this, we devised a system through a few Rails in the ceiling that allowed us that leaves were located one after another and close to perfection", explains Susanna. "It may not be a beautiful solution, but it was more important that the doors close completely", Adds.
These slides generate a kind of Mutant Hall, that appears when they are closed and disappears when they are opened. To the left, the entrances are to the bedrooms two of the children of the couple.
The white wall that we see at the bottom literally hides the access These bedrooms. It does not seem that there might be no room behind that wall. This effect is achieved through the use of a continuous doors, completely flush to the wall.
It is of two bedrooms connected to each other by the water area. Both rooms have a washbasin for personal use; However, they share the toilet and shower area, as can be seen in this photograph.
The kitchen was completely designed and made tailored by the study of Susanna Cots so you adapt to space. "It is the main part of this House design, designed to house the core of social and family life”, says Susanna. Alternate different shades of black, including fittings, fronts with anthracite grey and the microcemento one of walls bordering the other axis of the House.
This volume see here coated in microcemento grey, It helps to configure the distribution of housing. It houses a laundry area, on the side facing the kitchen, and a basin of courtesy, that gives the Hall. And is that the kitchen is the part of the House which is closer the entrance to the House. On the left is this Hall which gives access, in the first place, to the rooms of the smaller children and, in the background, the bedroom of the couple.
This is the inside of the courtesy basin inside the volume of microcemento. "For me, a basin of courtesy says a lot, never design it as if it were a space unimportant or secondary. It is one of the key locations to convey to your guests a cozy feel and special about the House. In this case we chose a completely black space, with one very intimate atmosphere worked through artificial lighting”, explains Susanna.
"Cost us much find all the" equipment in black, but in the end we got it", laughs Susanna. As the pond with waterfall of the terrace, This is another one of the areas with a zen touch of housing.
The black and the grey microcemento are also colors that predominate in the bathroom in-suite the owners bedroom. It is the first thing seen when entering, Once detected our presence lights. El basin, with a tray in the middle which makes it double, It was designed and made to measure for the study of Susanna Cots. Rustic wood Dresser was purchased in an antique shop. An element that exerts a strong contrast in taste so minimalist and contemporary space.
All the showers of the House are of work. From the master bedroom through range from the basin area to the dressing room below...
... reaching even the background room, where is located the bed. A shower not suitable for shameful to be fully glazed.
It's one stay with great depth, divided into three uses: bathroom, dressing room and bedroom. However, its depth is not the original game but it has been increased occupying the main terrace space (the noisy). Like this, This enclosed balcony that we see here is brand new and has emerged from designing the bedroom on terrace, winning as interior space a few meters extra stolen to a terrace which is no longer needed to have enabled the other.
This is one of the rooms of the two small children living in the home. It was designed with a structure made to raises the bed, freeing up space underneath for a desktop. In their projects, the study of Susanna Cots made custom solutions and can reach up to a 75 per cent of the space and its equipment.
Both bedrooms have the same design and are fully connected through two public areas arranged between: the games that we see here and the bath.
These are showers of the two brothers. "Apparently spend it pump here", says Susanna Cots fun.
The trick to occupy part of the terrace with an overhang to win square meters inside has also been used in these two bedrooms. There has been placed a few informal seats so children can play and sit to watch TV. Para independent rooms, instead of doors has been chosen by slight separations using curtains.
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