CV apartment renovation in Avilés
Ivo Tavares
Product Spec Sheet

ElementBrandProduct Name
LightingFlos
CountertopCosentino
Dekton Zenith
Switches and pushbuttonsJung HQ
LS990
FabricsCasamance
Casual
Door Handlesdnd by Martinelli
zappelin
Crystal VaseIittala
ALVAR AALTO COLLECTION

Product Spec Sheet
Lighting
Countertop
Dekton Zenith by Cosentino
Switches and pushbuttons
LS990 by Jung HQ
Fabrics
Casual by Casamance
Door Handles
zappelin by dnd by Martinelli
Crystal Vase
ALVAR AALTO COLLECTION by Iittala

CV apartment renovation in Avilés

David Olmos as Architects

In the urban centre of Avilés (Asturias), in an area of collective housing adjacent to the historic centre, we refurbished a 112m2 flat, with a very compartmentalised and elongated layout and layout respectively.

photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares
photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares

Around the main façade, facing south, there is a living room and two bedrooms, and the kitchen, a small dining room and a bedroom are located towards a patio. Both areas are very distant from each other, joined by a very long corridor that also serves to access a general bathroom and a small toilet. 

photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares
photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares

An integral reform is proposed that addresses the total reconfiguration of the space, on the one hand in the spaces facing south, it is to unify the rooms generating a large living room with a work area that rests on a large shelf-cabinet that serves as a dividing element with a multipurpose room (occasional bedroom, gym, reading area). The kitchen and dining room spaces belonging to the area that overlooks the courtyard are arranged in a more open and fluid way, using furniture as a delimiting element. At the back is the master bedroom preceded by a dressing room, which also serves as an acoustic element in front of the day area. 

photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares
photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares

The space linking the two areas of the floor is no longer a simple corridor, but also an element that serves as storage and as a connecting thread to the different rooms, which it serves, even its change of layout helps to increase the dimension of the toilet and the concealment of the structure of the pillars of the building. 

Given the impossibility of not being able to reduce the free height of the ceilings in the living areas, all the integrated furniture is preceded by a false beam in the upper part, which will serve as a passageway for the installations. Therefore, the aim of this refurbishment is for the furniture to be the organising element of more fluid and better connected spaces, as well as facilitating the process of carrying out the work. 

photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares
photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares

The materials chosen for the refurbishment combine oak wood in the elements that seek the continuity of the spaces, the olive green colour achieves the separation between different spaces and white as an element that unites everything.

photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares
photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares

Team:

Architects: David Olmos Arquitectos

Main Architect: David Olmos

Interior Design: Rosa Pico de Soldecor Interiorismo 

Architectural photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio

photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares
photo_credit Ivo Tavares
Ivo Tavares

Materials Used:

1. Entry: 
Covering of vertical oak wood slats, furniture with drawers that also serve as an umbrella stand, designed by David Olmos Arquitectos
2. Kitchen:
Kitchen furniture: Graduil Carpentry designed by David Olmos
Countertop: Zenith white Dekton.
3. Dining Area:
Lamp: Marset Vetra model
Dining table: Alu3 design 
Dining chairs: Casual solutions, Casamance Fabric
Curtains: Custom made by Soldecor. 100% natural linen Antonio Ferre fabric. 
Shelving: designed by David Olmos Arquitectos.
Crystal vase: iittala by Alvar Aalto.
Transparent bottle: Cristina Oria.
4. Living Area:
Rug: Emso Collections purchased from Soldecor 
Sofa: Sits Furniture Model Moa 
Armchair: Crearte Collections
Floor lamp: Flos Stylos Lamp
Center table: Beltá Frajumar purchased from Soldecor
Ceramic vases and decorative objects: Purchased at Soldecor
Auxiliary tables: Beltá Frajumar purchased from Soldecor.
Candles: Baobab
TV cabinet: Designed by David Olmos Arquitectos
Sofa cushions: Custom made by Soldecor. 100% natural linen embroidered fabric 
Cushions: Custom made by Soldecor. 100% natural linen fabric embroidered Antonio Ferre.(seats) 
5. Bedroom:
Wall sconces:
Bedding: Custom made at Soldecor with Aldeco fabrics 
Carpet: Santos Monteiro acquired by Soldecor. 
6.Bathroom:
Washbasin cabinet: Made of Zeus white Silestone and oak wood, custom made by David Olmos Arquitectos.
Taps: from Imex
Tiles and pavement: Large format rock.
7. Various.
Switches and pushbuttons: Model LS990 from the Jung Ibérica brand.
Lighting: Faro surface sconces.
Door handles: DND Handles Zeppelin model, designed by Jaime Hayón Studio

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