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To renew a commercial space in the Ciutat Vella neighborhood in Barcelona, Nook architects suppressed some interior partitions and improved the relationship between the interior and exterior.

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

The commercial space is located on the ground floor of a residential building built in the year 1900 in Barcelona’s Ciutat Vella, the Old Quarter. The building’s entry and central staircase, which is ventilated through an adjacent patio, is accessed directly from a square. This results in an U-shaped ground floor that wraps around the patio and central staircase.

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

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Nook Architects, Beates, ground floor

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Nook Architects, Beates, basement

With the objective of converting the ground floor into a concept store and showroom, and the basement into the design studio, the spatial intervention consists of catching as much natural light as possible by reopening windows and the suppression of interior partitions. This made the structural typology more evident and brought the attention to the building’s structure while improving the relationship between the interior and exterior.

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

The new functional scheme modified the position of the staircase to a more central location on the rear side of the patio. The connection between floors has been simplified with the construction of a single, reinforced concrete staircase fitted into a new opening that was created by cutting out a quadrant of vault. The opening of the original staircase has been sealed with weight-bearing glass, converting it into a skylight that illuminates the basement. By liberating the patio of the fire exit staircase, the central zone is transformed into a double height space that becomes the project’s lung.

Nook Architects, Beates, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Beates, Barcelona, Spain
Architect: Nook Architects
Collaborators: ByN Studio
Structure: Xesco Gorgas
Area: 440 sqm
Completion: 2017

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