The renovation of this house, designed in 1988 by the architect and designer Antoni Roselló Til, maintains its essence while playing with its most distinctive attributes, such as the primary geometries and the quartered finishes. It is an intervention that does not alter or modify the layout of the house, but acts on certain points in a manner similar to acupuncture.
One of our intentions was to use colour as the main tool to create new spatial relationships, using contrasts and superimposition. The new colour palette takes as its starting point the original terracotta and black on the floor chosen by the first clientsand adds pink and green to represent the new owners: Sergio, Katie and little Hope. The materials used in the renovation are also sensitive to the existing materials, such as stoneware for the bathrooms and tramex mesh for the kitchen shelves. As a bold move, it was decided to extend the original 20x20 cm black ceramic flooring from the living room onto the kitchen to generate continuity between the two spaces. The bedrooms, on the other hand, call for the comfort of a new material: a uniform and spongy brown carpet, which invites you to walk barefoot or play on the floor.
On the other hand, contact with the exterior spaces is enhanced by enlarging some of the openings, without modifying the composition of the original Rosselló façade. In this way, the views towards the garden, the courtyard and the surroundings are emphasised. The garden also undergoes a landscaping intervention. A biological swimming pool that treats the water through aquatic plants and reflects the rear façade is placed, the pillars on the existing pavilion are transformed, opening it up like a pergola towards the garden; and finally two differentiated green areas are created through a circular lawn surrounded by a perimeter of dense vegetation that envelops it with large plants. This exterior intervention plays with simple geometries reminiscent of the house’s façade. Once again, mosaic tiles are used, this time adopting the same pattern in the swimming pool as on the pavilion's floor.
Games, mimesis, contrasts and superimpositions. At Hope's House, there is no shortage of fun!
Team:
Architect: Cierto Estudio
Photography: José Hevia
