The architecture studio A-cero presents an interior renovation of an apartment located in Ferrol. The house is set in a single plant, which located two bedrooms with bathrooms, living/dining room, kitchen, laundry, toilets and outdoor terrace. The total areas of the plant are 155m2 and 150m2 of terraces.
The hall-dealer accessed from the main entrance of the house. Linking two distinct areas (day area and night area) for an imaginary north-south axis. The lounge / dining room, kitchen and laundry room is located east of the axis, while the sleeping area (bedroom) is the West. Thus, both the room as the master bedroom, but occupy their own space within the zoning forth above, enjoy the same south facing views, this being an important priority for the property and enjoyment of the dwelling.
The terrace offers relaxation areas and seating. Dominated south to enjoy the sun and views, and north used to link this area with the kitchen to have a barbecue area and outdoor dining. The master bedroom suite designed with a dressing room with a total of 40m2.
It has sought, with the proposal, the smooth functioning of housing in relation to the needs of the property as possible to adapt the packaging pre-existing formal and turning the main rooms to the south, looking for a better use of the views of light and heat. The elevations sorted according to a harmonic modulation of the gaps, trying to maximize light and views mentioned above. The living – dining room, has an area of 38m2. Read the rest of this entry »
Today we are going to show you the French Riviera for renovation and expansion project carried out an old detached house with a sixteenth-century fortress and its own pier on the shore of the Mediterranean.
This is a residence of approximately 4.960 m2 built on a large plot of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, a small French village of 1,895 inhabitants situated on the Riviera between Nice and Monaco.
Although the plot consists of several buildings (housing for the service, guest house and pier), the involvement of A-zero is limited to the main residence and the rehabilitation of some areas of the garden.
PLANT PLOT
The building sits on land with a steep slope that is used for the development of five levels above sea level, three below ground, under the first and second floor. Read the rest of this entry »
Project Challenge
The starting point for the renovation was a modest Victorian house in very poor condition, with rooms with small windows and dark interior spaces were separated from each other, as was typical of houses built in the era where privacy was a cultural priority. In another gesture to the Victorian public decoration, arrangements of existing interior spaces reinforce the ancient ideal of work and family life should be separate.
Although the client requested to renovate the space do the work in the house, while maintaining a clear separation from his family life was also important to create a modern and bright space that seemed small in size and continues to be spacious and connected visually. Read the rest of this entry »
You saw it here first! Rare interior photographs of the Kamman Building at 755-757 Seneca Street, set to be overhauled by a top-to-bottom renovation this year, reveal pre-restoration perspectives of the historic commercial structure only months before construction is set to begin.
The Kamman Building, designed by architect F. W. Caulkins around 1880, has been vacant for more than ten years, but like many structures of its vintage, has held up well against a tide of citywide disinvestment over the past half-century and stands well to benefit from adaptive reuse. Read the rest of this entry »
