A renovated 1970s bungalow with “kitsch character” and a conservatory that doubles as a lounge in Casamontesa – a weekend house designed by Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández Gil.
The challenge started when a pair requested the studio to revise a single-story home that was as soon as a part of a resort complicated on the outskirts of Madrid.
The transient was later expanded to incorporate a multi-functional conservatory that can be utilized as a workspace, visitor bed room, health club or just as a backyard room.
Lucas y Hernández Gil, led by architects Cristina Domínguez Lucas and Fernando Hernández-Gil Ruano, have developed a definite character for every constructing.
The renovated bungalow at Casamontesa has a heat and playful model that pulls on the aesthetic of the 1970s, whereas the backyard pavilion has a extra utilitarian vibe.
“The house owners, a younger city couple who love design and stay and work in central Madrid, have been on the lookout for a practical and compact escape in a improbable backyard,” Lucas instructed Dezeen.
“They needed a really snug and versatile house that was helpful for each work and assembly buddies.”
Renovating the bungalow concerned simplifying the inside format to create a mixed kitchen, lounge and eating room, with a bed room and toilet to 1 aspect.
“The home, along with being small, was very compartmentalized,” defined Lucas.
To unify the brand new open-plan dwelling house, the designers put in an island that serves as a worktop, desk and social gathering place.
This island has a Portuguese pink marble prime, whereas the edges are lined with the identical handmade burgundy tiles that line an adjoining window area of interest.
“The remainder of the surfaces – Campaspero stone flooring and wax coloured plaster partitions – set up a dialogue in contrast with the colourful 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 has semicircular marble bedside tables.
For Casamontesa's backyard room, the design crew custom-made a prefabricated greenhouse.
A pergola extends the amount of the constructing outwards to blur the boundary between inside and out of doors and is roofed with picket blinds to offer shade.
A picket field on wheels supplies a further bed room, described as a “small cell room within the model of Shigeru Ban”.
Different additions embrace thermal curtains and an automated shading and air flow system, which permit versatile use of the house all year long.
“By complementing this system of the unique bungalow, a extra full and versatile program is achieved, overcoming the restrictions of a weekend home,” added Lucas.
Different latest initiatives by Lucas y Hernández Gil embrace an excessive color-blocking bar and an house with a hidden closet.
The photograph is by Jose Hevia.