Architect：Barrio Bohrer

Location：Madrid, Spain; | ;

Project Year：2022

Category：Apartments

In the heart of Los Jerónimos neighborhood, declared a World Heritage Site, a

few meters away from the Prado Museum and the Retiro Park, you will find this

180sqm penthouse.

The building, built in 1905, has been segregated over the years into smaller

apartments than the original ones, except for the top floor, which maintains the

original housing scheme. The different patios that pierce the volume, mold and

bathe the perimeter of the apartment with an intense light.

At the time of starting the project, both the spatial approach and its materiality

had no relation to the original essence of the building. Taking into account the

context, and the multiple conversations held with the client, the intervention

focused on recovering aspects of the original house, adapting to the

requirements of the new program.

The spaces have been opened-up, increasing their surface and acquiring a

more stately scale, at the same time that programmatic connections, typical

of contemporary ways of living, have been made apparent.

The strong presence of white marble, which was widely used in Madrid’s

residential buildings in the beginning of the 20th century, is altered by certain

colored elements that run through the different rooms. Leather furniture in the

living room, green marble in the bathroom, mirrored doors, checkered floor in

the hallway, wall sconces, curtains, fireplaces... are some of the elements that

allude to the past of the estate and guide you through the penthouse

Architect: BarrioBohrer 

Photography: Johan Dehlin

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