Located in the city of Guadalajara Jalisco this project meant our incursion into the commercial genre. The client commissioned us to redesign the brand of beauty salons L’OCCOCO, one of the largest franchises of beauty salons in Mexico. They wanted to reflect an image of elegance with the necessary character so that the clients felt identified with the brand.
Via: Saota
Perched on the banks of the Buffels River, close to its mouth in Pringle Bay – a small coastal town less than 100km from Cape Town, South Africa – this house has an easy living permanence that shakes off the salty winds and lets in the sun and the natural beauty of the surrounding indigenous vegetation and mountain valley.
The house is located in the inner Sydney suburb of Birchgrove in close proximity to the harbour. The original section of the house is a simple timber weatherboard cottage. The rationale was to improve the house by simplification and maximise the outdoor experience on a tight site with neighbours in very close proximity.
Via: GRND82
Preexistences The site is located on the east vertex of “La Clota” park, on the north edge of Barcelona. It’s located in a transition area with a considerable slope, inbetween the consolidated tissue of the city and Tibidabo hillside, originally occupied by a few housing blocks built during the migratory movements of the 50’s and consolidated as a facilities area during the beginning of the 90’s for the olympic gamesThe plot is a 3.500m2 trapezoidal shape with a 3,5 meters gap on the short axis and mainly horitzontal on the long one.
El encargo del proyecto consistió en la reforma integral de una vivienda en dúplex de 90 m² útiles interiores y 12 m² de terraza, situada en la última planta de una finca en el barrio de Chueca (Madrid)
La distribución del estado inicial no se adecuaba a los deseos de los propietarios. El acceso a la vivienda se producía a través de un pequeño vestíbulo que continuaba con un pasillo estrecho y alargado que iba conectando con todas las estancias. La excesiva compartimentación generaba una sensación de espacios angostos y oscuros. En planta baja se distribuía el despacho, baño, cocina, salón, y una escalera de dos tramos en el centro de la distribución conectaba con la planta superior en la que se ubicaba el dormitorio.
