A renovated Nineteen Seventies bungalow with “kitsch character” and a greenhouse that doubles as a front room characteristic in Casamontesa – a weekend dwelling designed by Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández Gil.
The challenge started when a pair requested the studio to overtake a single-storey home that was as soon as a part of a resort advanced on the outskirts of Madrid.
The temporary later expanded to incorporate a multifunctional greenhouse that can be utilized as a workspace, a visitor bed room, a fitness center or just as a backyard room.
Lucas y Hernández Gil, led by architects Cristina Domínguez Lucas and Fernando Hernández-Gil Ruano, developed a definite character for every constructing.
Casamontesa’s renovated bungalow has a heat, playful model that attracts on the Nineteen Seventies aesthetic whereas the backyard pavilion has a extra utilitarian really feel.
“The homeowners, a younger city couple who love design and dwell and work within the centre of Madrid, have been searching for a practical and compact getaway inside a implausible backyard,” Lucas informed Dezeen.
“They wished a really snug and versatile dwelling that may be helpful for each working and getting along with pals.”
The bungalow renovation concerned simplifying the inside format to create a mixed kitchen, eating room and front room, with a bed room and loo off to at least one facet.
“The home, along with being small, was very compartmentalised,” defined Lucas.
To unify the newly open-plan residing house, the designers put in an island that serves as a worktop, eating desk and social gathering place.
This island encompasses a countertop created from Portuguese pink marble whereas its sides are lined in the identical handmade burgundy tiles that line an adjoining window recess.
“The remainder of the surfaces – Campaspero stone flooring and waxed tinted plaster partitions – set up a dialogue in contrast with the colorful and glossy floor of the tiles,” added Lucas.
Key particulars in the lounge embrace an arched fire and a tadelakt plaster espresso desk, whereas the bed room options semi-circular marble nightstands.
For Casamontesa’s backyard room, the design workforce customised a prefabricated greenhouse.
A pergola extends the constructing quantity outwards in a bid to blur the boundary between inside and outside, and is topped with wood blinds to offer shade.
A wood field on wheels supplies a further bed room, described as a “small Shigeru Ban-style cell room”.
Different additions embrace thermal curtains and an computerized shading and air flow system, which permit for versatile use of the house all year long.
“By complementing the programme of the unique bungalow, a extra full and versatile program is achieved, overcoming the restrictions of a weekend home,” added Lucas.
Different current tasks by Lucas y Hernández Gil embrace a bar that includes excessive color blocking and an condominium with a hidden closet.
The images is by José Hevia.
