*발렌시아 아파트 인테리어 [ Balzar Arquitectos ] Valencia Apartment

단순함, 백색, 그리고 유연하게 흘러가는 곡선은 발렌시아 아파트 인테리어를 이야기하는 단어 입니다. 70년대 지어진 16층 아파트의 일부 세대 리모델링 작업으로 기존 평면의 한계를 드라마틱하게 정리한 디자인 입니다. 최대한 간결하게 디자인 하되, 수려하게 흘러가는 곡선을 이용, 공간을 풍부하게 연출합니다.

Located in one of the most iconic and prestigious building in Valencia, Spain, this recently renovated apartment by Valencia-based practice Balzar Arquitectos impresses with its abstract minimalism and sculptural fluidity.

Built in the early 1970s as the epitome of luxurious living by the late Spanish architect Antonio Escario in collaboration with José Vives and José Antonio Vidal, Torre de Ripalda is a 16-storey tower block locally known as ‘La Pagoda’ due to its tiered configuration, hexagonal shape and protruding corners. The building’s unique polygonal shape may have ensured its status as a city landmark but it also presented quite a challenge when it came to reconfiguring the three-bedroom apartment’s layout. Faced with diagonal walls, obtuse angles and numerous structural columns throughout, the architects came up with a unique design that sculpturally merges different structural and built-in elements into a cohesive sequence of spaces.

The architects’ sculptural approach is exemplified in the design of the open-plan living area that incorporates the living room, dining room, kitchen and study. Unified by the all-white colour palette for the walls and ceiling, and the sumptuous texture of the timber floorboards extending throughout, the aforementioned areas are discretely delineated by a series of sculptural interventions that cleverly also serve a practical purpose: the lounge and dining area are perceptually separated by a curvaceous ceiling volume that also conceals a structural beam, the kitchen is delimited by a built-in counter that extends into the space, while a translucent partition demarcates the former balcony, now the study, is integrated into a structure that both supports the desk and hides two steel columns.

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