Retiro II

Complete renovation and interior design in Av. Menendez Pelayo in Madrid
Architects — Irene Serrano, José Ángel Rey & Laura Hidalgo
Photographs — Javier Bravo
Built area — 167 m²
Year — 2021
Location — Madrid

This is a complete renovation of a house located in a 1956 building overlooking Retiro Park. The original distribution had a long corridor that crossed the entire house, generating a series of small rooms with proportions and forms that were not very functional.

The intervention frees up the floor plan, creating more open spaces and grouping complementary uses. Starting from a geometry that is not very orthogonal, we decided to rely on organic and curved shapes to generate connections in a subtle way, composing a central distributive core that gives access to all the rooms of the house, which now have more amplitude and luminosity. In the proposal, it was decided to respect the proportions and position of the main living room with a corner facade, free-standing circular section pillars and large openings that offer views of the Retiro Park.

The house had to maintain a warm and pleasant appearance, neutral but without being impersonal. In the project we wanted to give protagonism to the structure, maintaining the exposed concrete surface, integrating pillars and hanging beams in the design of cabinets and ceilings. This combination of materials gives a contemporary look, more industrial and eclectic, which merges the existing elements with the renovated ones and gives a very modern look with a neutral and homogeneous chromaticism.

Retiro II

Complete renovation and interior design in Av. Menendez Pelayo in Madrid

Starting from a geometry that is not very orthogonal, we decided to rely on organic and curved shapes to generate connections in a subtle way.

Starting from a geometry that is not very orthogonal, we decided to rely on organic and curved shapes to generate connections in a subtle way.

Within the existing, apart from the concrete elements, different original elements have been preserved. The doors have been recovered and restored, and the bookshelf in the living room, which belonged to the old library of the house, has been adapted to its new location. The iron radiators have also been recovered from different areas of the house and redistributed for current uses and, together with the hot water pipes, have been painted and left exposed.

The new woodwork is custom-designed to fit in with the existing. The wooden baseboards are flush with the stucco walls and the ceilings are left unpainted and plastered. The kitchen is located at one end of the house, next to the service entrance, and is linked to a small terrace and a very open dining room, where meetings are more informal.

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