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      Barde + vanVoltt transforms dingy Amsterdam garage into family home

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      Amsterdam studio Barde + vanVoltt has inserted skylights and glass partition walls into this former garage to transform it into a light-filled family home that celebrates the building’s industrial past.Located in central Amsterdam, just a few steps away from the Rijksmuseum, the 100-square-metre space is on the ground floor of a residential terrace built in the 1930s. It originally hosted a hardware store but was most recently used as a garage.

      Above: wood-framed glass doors lead into the bedrooms. Top image: a wood-panelled kitchen is located at the front of the apartment
      Barde + vanVoltt was asked to transform the building into a wide and open family home for four that brings in as much natural light as possible. The brief also called for the use of sustainable and natural materials as well as a simple, minimalist interior that allows details to stand out.
      “We wanted to keep the space as wide as possible without having corridors or a hallway because that’s what makes this space unique in Amsterdam,” Barde + vanVoltt co-founder Valérie Boerma told Dezeen. “Most apartments are divided over multiple levels and are very narrow.”

      The dining room, kitchen and lounge share an open-plan space

      Working to a six-month deadline, the studio’s first challenge was to channel natural light from the street-facing front of the building to the rear.
      The large, double front doors that open up onto the road were switched from solid wood to glass, maximising the amount of light in the apartment’s open-plan kitchen, dining and living area.

      The wooden doorframes are arched in a nod to art deco
      At the rear of the building, Barde + vanVoltt raised the roof and converted the ceiling into skylights. Underneath, the plan accommodates a total of three bedrooms – a master with an en-suite and two children’s rooms that double as playrooms.
      Each is delineated by timber-framed glass walls and doors, allowing natural light to filter into these darker spaces.

      The apartments clay walls have built-in storage
      The designers’ second challenge was balancing the integrity of the property with the needs of a young family.
      “We drew inspiration from the building’s industrial past into the choice of materials and refined the selection based on durability and sustainability,” said the studio.

      A free-standing tin bath anchors the en-suite bathroom
      The building’s original concrete floor was retained and offset against natural clay walls and arched wooden door and window frames reminiscent of the art deco period.
      “We wanted to add warmth to the concrete floor, so we designed the wooden Meranti doors with a reference in the arching detail to the 1930s when the property was built,” Boerma explained.

      Standard Studio use skylights to funnel light into Amsterdam loft

      The studio added industrial fixtures such as untreated wooden frames, a freestanding tin bath and sink in the en-suite, brushed and burnished copper tapware in the wet areas, and a kitchen island made from rolled steel with a quartzite benchtop.
      Outside, the original hardware store signage on the building’s facade was left in place. In the summer, the wide double doors can be opened up and the pedestrianised street outside the apartment can be used as a terrace.

      The kitchen features quartzite worktops
      “The neighbourhood – made up of a few streets – is a very unique area in the city centre of Amsterdam,” explained Boerma. “It feels like a village, everybody knows each other and kids are playing together on the streets.”
      Former inner-city garages can offer unique but sometimes awkwardly-shaped sites for development. In east London, architect Zoe Chan built Herringbone House on the non-linear site of a former car workshop, while in south London Tikari Works squeezed Pocket House into the space of a former garage, where the buildable area was only 35 square metres.

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      Bookshelves and cabinets divide living spaces in Penthouse BV by Adjo Studio

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      Belgium-based Adjo Studio has used large wooden joinery elements to organise the interior of a penthouse apartment in Hasselt.Penthouse BV features a broken-plan layout, meaning that it is neither open-plan nor divided into rooms. Instead, a series of partitions and furniture elements help to subtly divide the space into different areas.
      Spanning floor-to-ceiling and made from cheery wood veneer, these elements include bookshelves, kitchen cabinets and wardrobe closets.

      Wooden joinery elements include a hearth that frames the lounge and library areas

      The penthouse is the home of an entrepreneurial couple who relocated from the suburbs to the city centre.
      Adjo Studio designers Adriana Strojek and Joachim Bekkers wanted to give the pair the same feelings of spaciousness and connection to nature that they had experienced in their previous residence, even though they are now five storeys up.
      However, they also needed to create a practical home with separation between different functions. For instance, the couple needed a dedicated office so that work and home activities didn’t clash.

      Made from cheery wood veneer, these elements have a warm tone
      As Penthouse BV was originally open-plan, the designers had free rein to draw up a layout that met both of these requirements.
      The apartment is also positioned at the centre of a roof terrace, with glazed walls wrapping most of the exterior, so it was easy to create light-filled spaces facing planted terraces.

      The joinery is set back from the glazed walls of the penthouse
      “The couple wanted to preserve the qualities of living in a house with a garden, so the brief required a spacious, open plan with as much natural light incidence as possible,” said Strojek and Bekkers.
      “This request triggered us to locate the circulation space on the perimeter of the penthouse, to strengthen the relation between the inside and the 360-degree private city garden,” they told Dezeen.

      The kitchen island has an integrated dining area
      The joinery elements not only organise spaces, but also create flexibility. One of the closets integrates a bathroom entrance, while another includes a sliding wall that allows the bedroom and office to become a single space.
      Other furniture elements are just as grand in ambition, like the combined kitchen island and dining table, or the full-height hearth that frames the lounge and library areas.

      A simple colour scheme brings together shades of grey, brown and beige
      The designers chose a sophisticated palette of materials and colours for the interior, with shades of grey, brown and beige. The aim was to provide a “cheerful yet restful environment”.

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      The grey Italian limestone that clads the walls surrounding the terrace was one source of inspiration. Natural stone features throughout the home, with subtle beige tones in the living spaces and a more decorative finish in the bathrooms.

      Bathrooms are finished in polished grey limestone
      Furnishings bring together classic designs of the past and present, with highlights including an Eames Lounge Chair and the Lumina DOT pendant light by Foster + Partners.
      Other details reveal the owners’ tastes. A pair of armchairs in the living room are coloured in a favourite red ochre shade, as are various other objects dotted through the spaces.

      A sliding wall allows the bedroom and office to become a single space
      “The details are kept simple in aim to reach minimalist objectivity, stripping away the layers of ornaments to create clean perspectives and frame the outside,” added the designers.
      Other recent residential projects in Belgium include an apartment on the Belgian coast with seaweed-coloured joinery and a Ghent penthouse organised around three blocks of furniture.
      Photography is by Renaat Nijs.

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      Lim + Lu brings the outdoors into this family apartment in Hong Kong

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      Multidisciplinary design practice Lim + Lu has refurbished the interior of this 167-square-metre apartment in metropolitan Hong Kong to make it feel like an “elegant yet quaint summer home”.Designed for a nature-loving Japanese and British couple with two children, the interior has subtle, neutral colours and finishes that are intended to place focus on the greenery that fills the space.

      Top image: the apartment was outfitted with a home office. Above: Calacatta marble features on the kitchen island and work surfaces
      Located on the first floor of a 1950s building, the apartment’s windows are perfectly in line with the palm trees that surround it. To enhance this connection to the outdoors, Lim + Lu replaced all of the existing, small windows with larger aged-steel windows that bring in more natural light and make the space feel larger.

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      “The black wooden blinds and delicate brass details accentuate the feeling of an elegant yet quaint summer home,” said the Hong Kong-based studio, which is headed by Vincent Lim and Elaine Lu.
      “Altogether, these elements work in tandem, ensuring the family residing within can live not only in understated luxury but at one with nature as well.”

      The living room opens up onto the balcony via an aged-steel doorway

      The designers wanted to create an open-plan layout in the apartment’s social areas, so that movement between the kitchen, dining, living room, study and balcony flowed easily.
      In order to do this, the original enclosed kitchen was opened up and combined with the living room, creating a large open area for family gatherings. A large balcony doorway frames the view across the surrounding greenery.

      Shelving is built into the oak wall panelling in the home office
      Oak slats are used to line walls and rattan screens feature on built-in storage to add texture and warmth to the otherwise white interior.
      The apartment includes a home office with a long, L-shaped Calacatta marble desk, which sits below built-in timber shelving with brass accents. Conceived as a tranquil retreat, the workspace is located in the brightest corner of the apartment with tall windows across two walls.

      The workspace is anchored by a Calacatta marble desk
      The studio designed the space to have plenty of light and added an abundance of potted plants to create a productive working environment.
      “A challenge that is becoming more prominent in today’s society is that of the home office and how to integrate it into a living space to make it both comfortable yet productive. The clients often work from home, therefore an effective design for this space was crucial,” said Lim +Lu.
      “The tall windows and brass accents do away with the modern interpretation of a study and instead provide an atmosphere that encourages creativity and a positive work mentality,” the studio continued.
      “An abundance of daylight, neutral colours and wood adorn the room and balance the visual elements together, just as one needs to do between work and relaxation.”

      In the children’s bedroom, shelving is built into green cabin beds
      The children’s room features a set of green cabin beds with built-in shelving and storage.
      “The idea was to incorporate a sense of privacy in an open space without the isolation of separate spaces to foster a sense of togetherness,” said the design team.

      The bathroom features a granite soaking tub
      The children’s room also has its own ensuite bathroom that recalls the layout of a traditional Japanese wet room. Lined in acid-washed granite, the room features a deep soaking tub and a separate shower space that can be used for relaxation and cleansing.
      Following the pandemic, the home office is increasingly becoming an area of focus in the home. Dezeen has highlighted eight inspiring home office designs, including one that’s lined entirely with plywood and another that’s hidden inside an artichoke-shaped room.
      Photography is by Lit Ma.

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      Mid-century Melbourne apartment modernised with pistachio green kitchen

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      Architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart worked together to retrofit this two-bedroom 1960s apartment in Melbourne’s Brunswick neighbourhood using colours and materials that pay homage to the original mid-century interior.When the current owners bought the walk-up apartment, it had been empty for 20 years and had its original decor including linoleum and carpet floors and salmon pink walls. The owners wanted to retain its character while updating the living spaces to suit modern life.
      Built in 1961, the 65-square-metre apartment is split into two zones with a living space and kitchen at the front on either side of the entrance and two bedrooms on either side of a bathroom at the rear.

      A skylight lets light into the kitchen

      “The apartment’s layout was typical of many apartments of this typology, with a clear division between living and private spaces and with frontage on two sides,” Barker told Dezeen.
      “We wanted to retain room divisions, but at the same time improve connections, extend sightlines and bring more natural light into the kitchen.”

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      The apartment’s original large windows provided ample natural light and effective cross ventilation. The owners felt that the existing kitchen, however, felt disconnected from the living room as the space was too confined to accommodate a dining table and lacked adequate natural light.
      To remedy this, Barker and Stewart reconfigured the plan to improve the connection between the living room and the kitchen.

      The Pistacho-coloured kitchen has a terrazzo floor
      The dividing walls between the two rooms were partially demolished and joinery elements were inserted to reorder circulation paths between the home’s central entrance, the reoriented kitchen and the living room.
      “We expanded the use of integrated joinery, considered existing proportions and details, and the use of high quality, robust but interesting materials,” said Murray.

      The interior of the cabinets is a rich terracotta colour
      The new kitchen layout has an L-shaped plan that is open to the living area and anchored by a custom-made steel frame table with a Rosa Alicante marble top and fixed banquette seating.
      Visible from the living room, a long kitchen countertop made from the same red marble as the table completes the L-shaped kitchen plan and incorporates a stove, oven and sink.

      Red marble was used across the work- and tabletops
      A skylight above the kitchen table lets sunlight into the space through thick glass roof tiles. The ceiling is insulated and the roof window is double-glazed to minimise additional heat gain and to retain winter warmth.
      Murray and Stewart selected the pistachio green colour for the joinery in a nod to the original 1960s-era kitchen that it replaced. Details include visible framing around doors and drawers and custom finger pulls. Sliding-pocket doors reveal a hidden appliance area in the pantry to hold a toaster, kettle and coffee machine.

      Barker and Stewart retained the apartment’s original 1960s bathroom
      The apartment’s bathroom is the 1960s original and features speckled flooring, dusty pink tiles and baby blue sanitaryware.
      “Each apartment in the block has a unique toilet, bath and sink set in contrasting colour palettes, in combination with unique terrazzo flooring in the bathroom,” Murray explained. “The interior materiality was specific and robust but enthusiastic and this was something we wished to explore and elaborate upon.”
      The terrazzo floor tiles that are used across the rest of the apartment were salvaged excess stock from a larger project and were chosen to complement the original floors.

      The apartment is housed in a typical red brick complex
      “These buildings are visually robust, but there is beauty in the material nuance of the brown brick and subtle ornamentation through the considered design of ordinary things,” he continued. “The original interior aesthetic was far from white walls and plain tiles.”
      Last year, London studio Archmongers renovated a duplex mid-century flat in one of the city’s most well-known housing estates, using shades of red, yellow and blue to complement the modernist material palette. Meanwhile in Rome, Italian architecture office La Macchina Studio renovated a 1950s apartment, revealing original terrazzo floors and adding bold colours.
      Photography is by Benjamin Hosking.

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      Casa ai Bailucchi is a two-level apartment overlooking Genoa port

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      Italian studio Llabb has combined two apartments in Genoa, creating a quirky home that combines nautical references with contemporary art.Casa ai Bailucchi is the home of a young creative couple – one is a gallery owner and music lover, the other is a freelance graphic designer.

      The L-shaped upper level contains the kitchen and living spaces
      The two-level, 135-square-metre apartment is located on the upper levels of a building overlooking the port, so the design was heavily influenced by the huge machinery that can be seen occupying the waterside.
      Locally based Llabb, led by designers Federico Robbiano and Luca Scardulla, planned the layout to take full advantage of the views and also peppered the interior with very subtle maritime references.

      Nautical details are combined with vintage furniture and contemporary artworks

      These references include a staircase with a rope handrail, a porthole window, and a colour palette featuring shades of blue and yellow.
      Other details include a mix of custom-made and vintage furniture, decorative tiles, large plants and a variety of artworks from the clients’ personal collection.

      The upper floor leads out to a 100-square-metre roof terrace
      The starting point for the design was the addition of a staircase, connecting the two previously separate apartments. With four metres of height between the two floors, it was a challenge to fit this in.

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      Robbiano and Scardulla’s solution was to create a staircase that winds up in several different sections. As well as the blue rope handrail, it features oak treads and a steel frame with open risers.

      The nautical-inspired staircase features a rope handrail and a porthole window
      “The result is pretty dynamic and allows the visitors to see the apartment from different views,” Scardulla told Dezeen.
      “It guides you, almost like the stepping stones in Japanese gardens.”

      The bedroom features plaster walls and terrazzo flooring
      Both levels have their own character. The lower level is more compartmentalised, with two bedrooms, a study room, and a bathroom.
      Original terrazzo floors have been preserved in these rooms. There are other nods to the building’s history too, for instance, the master bedroom features an arched window and exposed plaster walls.

      Patterned tiles feature in both the bathroom and the kitchen
      The upper level is mostly open-plan. The L-shaped floor plan naturally separates the lounge area from the dining space and kitchen, with the space further subdivided by cutaway walls.
      “It was a big challenge to manage the long and narrow living space on the upper floor; the risk was to have a ‘corridor effect’,” said Robbiano.
      “We used different layers of perceiving and living the space, making it more interesting to explore.”

      Studio workspaces can be found on both floors
      The apartment contains two work-from-home spaces. As well as the study room on the lower level, there is a “studiolo” on the upper floor, which the designers liken to the cockpit of a crane.
      The living space also opens out to a 100-square-metre roof terrace, which the owners have filled with even more plants.
      Photography is by Studio Campo.
      Project credits
      Design: LlabbDesign team: Luca Scardulla, Federico Robbiano, Linda Consiglieri, Laura Davite, Riccardo Gelmini, Martina Pisano, Floria BruzzoneConstruction: Zena CostruzioniCarpentry: Carlino SantoMetalwork: Metal ProjectTiles and sanitary ware: NobiliFlooring: Effebi parquet

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      Jean Verville Architecte inserts gridded steel lightwell into Montreal home

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      Canadian studio Jean Verville Architecte has created a theatrical interior inside a Montreal house by adding a large steel structure capped by a skylight that casts dramatic shadows.For the project, called MSO; Play/Pause, the studio completely reorganised the interior of the building and built a 12-metre-high steel lightwell in the centre of the three-storey house.

      Top image: the steel structure casts dramatic shadows. Above: it runs through the house
      The house belongs to a pair of actors, Sophie Cadieux and Mani Soleymanlou, so Jean Verville Architecte designed them a  home that could double as a performance venue.
      “We subtracted floor sections from the heart of the house to insert the steel structural installation, ” studio founder Jean Verville told Dezeen.
      “The rooms on the outskirts have been kept but redistributed to new versatile functions.”

      Light from the skylight is scattered across the ground-floor kitchen

      The steel installation measures five by five metres. A skylight caps the structure, turning it into a lightwell that casts theatrical shadows in the rooms.
      Its addition breaks up the shapes of the existing rooms, creating an interesting new layout for the owners as they go about their daily lives.

      The steel grids create decorative shadows
      As the structure unfolds over the three floors of the four-bedroom house, it creates what the studio describes as “pauses,” with functional spaces at the bottom of the building followed by living spaces and then bedrooms.
      “We start with the first two scenic pauses on the ground floor with the kitchen and the multifunction room,” Verville said.
      “Then the six scenic pauses of the living spaces and artistic creation to then end with the two scenic pauses of sleeping breaks. Each space has been designed to be versatile and re-modelable with a new function, nothing is permanent!”

      A greige hue was chosen to enhance the shadow play
      Metal grid screens and low walls were also added to the interior to create intriguing divisions between the spaces.
      The studio chose a monochrome greige colour for the interior to underline the shadows and light patterns created by the steel structure, and to work as a background for potential future theatre events in the house.

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      “The great calm of monochrome greige and the changing and dancing light offer as much visual spectacle as inspiring spaces for theatrical rehearsal, and even soon the possibility of performance before a small audience,” Verville said.

      Jean Verville Architecte shot a series of playful images with the owners
      To capture the final result of the renovation, the studio shot a photo series of the MSO; Play/Pause space with photographer Felix Michaud that features the owners in different staged situations inside their home.
      Jean Verville Architecte recently finished another Montreal project, a white triplex adorned with gold windows. Previous projects on Dezeen include an electropop-informed installation created with students in Quebec City.
      Photography is by Studio Jean Verville Architects and Felix Michaud.

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      Ali Budd Interiors transforms Muskoka log cabin into art-filled cottage

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      Toronto studio Ali Budd Interiors has transformed a dated wooden log cabin into a comfortable Canadian holiday home, with a wood-lined sunroom, vintage rugs and art by Andy Warhol.The studio was asked to renovate the cottage in Muskoka, Ontario and turn it into a neutral but comfortable backdrop for its owners’ extensive art collection.
      “As the clients are big art collectors, we wanted to not only design the perfect space for the family to enjoy the surrounding nature, but create the perfect canvas to showcase their artwork,” founder Ali Budd told Dezeen.

      Top: monochrome furniture in the Great Room. Above: a crumpled newspaper artwork by Paul Rousso

      In each of the cottage’s rooms, fabrics designed to withstand an “indoor-outdoor” lifestyle are chosen for their practical but chic appearance.
      Mindful of Ontario’s extreme climate and the many visitors who are invited to enjoy a family’s second home, the studio made sure to choose materials that will endure considerable wear and tear.
      “While maintaining the charm of a cottage, we modernised the space by mixing textures, incorporating custom furniture designed by Ali Budd Interiors, and adding hints of black to give it that contemporary look,” explained Budd.

      Ali Budd Interiors chose materials for their ability to withstand wear and tear
      Ali Budd Interiors’ design choices balance this practical need with its clients’ love of both white interiors and natural wood.

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      In the cottage’s Great Room, the main living room, these design elements include neutral-coloured armchairs and a sofa by Ali Budd Interiors that have been fabricated by Cooper Brothers.

      Monochrome furniture surrounds a bespoke coffee table
      A pair of plush shearling ottomans from Luxe Pour Maison sits nearby, complemented by a bespoke Ali Budd white oak coffee table topped with a white Corian surface. A newspaper artwork by Paul Rousso adds colour to the room.
      The cottage also has a Muskoka room, a type of screened-in porch that acts as a sunroom. In this instance, it acts as an open-plan living room attached to the property’s dining area.

      Patterned Moroccan poufs add colour to The Muskoka Room
      The dining area is complete with a custom-made white Ali Budd dining table, and an iconic Campbell’s soup artwork by Andy Warhol. Black and white chairs from Restoration Hardware are positioned around the monochrome table.
      The Muskoka room’s panoramic windows give guests the feeling of being outside while they lounge on a custom curved grey sofa that hugs the room’s curved walls.
      “There is so much beauty outside this property, and we wanted to ensure that all of those elements shone through,” said Budd.
      Other interior highlights in the Muskoka room include a central round coffee table by Garcia Group, and vintage rugs and colourful Moroccan pous from Mellah Rugs.

      An iconic piece by Andy Warhol hangs in the dining room
      Throughout the house, colourful accents such as these poufs add bright texture to an otherwise white and minimal backdrop.
      “As we were working with a monochromatic palette, we were able to layer different finishes and textiles to create something part eclectic and part chic,” continued Budd.

      Porcelain countertops are seen throughout the sleek kitchen
      This monochrome theme is particularly emphasised in the black and white kitchen. Perhaps the most pared-back and modern of the cottage’s rooms, exposed natural beams are the kitchen’s only hint of the former log cabin.
      Durable porcelain forms the room’s countertops, and a Sonneman pendant light is suspended over the sleek kitchen island.

      An original artwork by Douglas Copeland fits between the staircase’s wooden beams
      More exposed beams above the cottage’s wooden staircase perfectly frame an original painting by Douglas Copeland, its bright colours offsetting the plain white walls on which it hangs.

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      Upstairs in the main bedroom, a black woven bed from American brand CB2 continues the cottage’s overall monochrome theme, while wiggly Graffito-print cushions by Kelly Wearstler soften the room’s clean lines.

      Graffito-print cushions add pattern to an otherwise minimal bedroom
      A final standout feature is the cottage’s renovated powder room. Originally one of the most dated-looking parts of the property, Ali Budd Interiors redesigned the room with bespoke millwork and an elegant custom-made mirror.
      Ali Budd Interiors is a female-led Toronto-based firm founded in 2010.
      More cosy cottages include this off-grid cabin in upstate New York and another log cabin renovation for a lake house in Quebec.
      Photography is by Ali Budd Interiors.

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      Masquespacio creates colour-blocked interiors for Bilbao student housing

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      Valencia-based creative studio Masquespacio has completed an open-plan colour-blocked interior with a community feeling for the Resa San Mamés student accommodation in Spain.The interior design for the Bilbao student residence was commissioned by student accommodation company Resa with the aim of letting its occupants “share experiences as a community”.

      Above: Resa student accommodation by Masquespacio. Top: furniture on wheels allows users to define the space
      Masquespacio created an open-plan design for the 1,850 square-metre building, which has studios for 351 residents and provides spaces for studying, socialising, meeting and dining.
      “The client highlighted that they wanted to create a community and strong connection point between the residents of the new Resa,” Masquespacio co-founder and marketing director Christophe Penasse told Dezeen.

      Yellow zoning defines the lounge area

      The bold and colourful interior used vibrant greens paired with millennial pinks, lavender and hot pinks, while soft furnishings and partitions were used to define zones within the space.
      “Using the technique of colour blocking we obtained a strong visual impact for the space and at the same time we could create a clear distinction between each zone in this open space,” explained the studio.

      The kitchen features lavender tiling
      As well as accommodation, the building has a kitchen, a dining room, study rooms, leisure rooms, a gym and a terrace.
      Muted yellow covers the ceiling above the open kitchen, while lavender tiles are used as a backsplash.
      Wooden furniture with yellow accents surrounds the kitchen area, some of which is on wheels to allow users to reconfigure the space as they wish.

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      Millennial pink dining tables and chairs were placed against a green backdrop to define the dining space, which also features oversized steps that form amphitheatre-style seating to encourage group interaction.

      Pendant lighting is hung above millennial pink and green dining tables
      “We liked the idea of working with an open space and making a space specially focused on university students,” Penasse explained.
      “Offering them a lot of options to make their day at the residence a little bit more attractive, and at the same time help them to be more creative.”

      Oversized steps are used for seating
      The study areas of the residency employ acoustic glass walls to provide silence, but can be opened up to connect the study space with an adjacent lounge.
      Blue-painted brick adds texture to formal study spaces and red velvet curtains on circular tracks surround group study tables for additional privacy.
      Walls and services pipes were left unrendered and exposed to give the interior an industrial look.

      Blue-painted brick frames the study space and red curtains add privacy
      The studio explained that it envisioned the design for the Resa San Mamés as a free-flowing space that encourages the students themselves to determine how it is used.
      “A space where you don’t need to be in the study room to read a book, but just can sit into the launch area,” Penasse said. “A space where people share ideas, experiences and connect together.”

      Different coloured tables and chairs define areas for seating
      The colour-blocking theme was continued through to the outdoor terrace, where green picnic tables sit within a green-zoned area while different shades of blue signal other areas of seating.
      Masquespacio was founded in 2010 by Ana Milena Hernandez Palacios and Christophe Penasse who combined their disciplines in interior design and marketing to create a design agency that works across media, design, fashion and lifestyle.
      Dezeen has previously featured the studio’s colourful design for this co-working space in Valencia and also this colour-clashing interior for a phone-repair shop.
      Photography is by Masquespacio.

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