Architectural firm: gon architects
Project name: Casa JAM
Location: Madrid, Spain
Size: 78 sq m

In Madrid's Argüelles neighbourhood, gon architects have transformed an apartment with an unusual floor plan. It is 18 metres long and just 3.5 metres wide at its narrowest point. The architects' approach was to turn the corridor-style layout on its head. The original layout, characterised by a succession of enclosed rooms accessed via a dark corridor running along the partition wall, has been replaced by a continuous space traversed by a diagonal line of sight that creates the impression of greater space. Full-height sliding panels replace rigid separations between spaces, while four colour-coded areas — the blue bathroom, wood-panelled bedroom, green shower and yellow kitchen — create a sequence of thresholds rather than rooms. The project not only redefines the layout, but also challenges the very role of the corridor, transforming it from a mere passageway into a device capable of generating different relationships, perspectives and configurations.