With the aim of seeking visual depth between the different environments of the day zone, especially between the living room and the dining room, and to create a more fluid communication that promotes ventilation and lighting, in the Comprehensive reform From this single -family home for a young family with two children in the Vedat de Torrent, in Valencia, the architects in charge of the project: the nodopia study – formed by Juanjo Pérez Moncho and Víctor Lledó García – has decided get rid of partitions and open a Window to the garden To get one direct connection to the outside. The result, as is evident in the photo that opens this report, is optimal and the owners now enjoy a warm, modern and bright house, which distils feeling of well -being, reception and care in the details and all this for a budget “which has risen to € 100,000 (more VAT).”
The decision to get rid of partitions and relate all spaces on the ground floor has been successful and gives rise to a wider and luminous environment
A new distribution that enhances the connection with the patio
It is evident that the patio plays a key role in the lighting and ventilation of the villa; And in the new distribution of the project the importance of the connection, both visual and physical, between interior and exterior, can be seen. “By blurring the boundaries between the living room, the dining room and the patio, the space is perceived more fluid, wide and luminous,” the architects point out.
The staircase has also been renewed
Recover and integrate original elements It has also been fundamental. The original staircase is completely used, becoming a subtle element that accompanies the aesthetics of space. Painted white and with a glass railing, it is integrated into the day area generating a wider and more illuminated atmosphere.
Chosen neutral materials and colors seek to give more light inside
Materials designed to give more light to the chalet
The materials and tones have been chosen with the aim of illuminating even more if the spaces fits. For example, when using a range of clear tones for enclosures, a lighter and luminous environment is achieved. In addition, wood elements contrast with these enclosures, while delimiting areas. In the kitchen, the architects have rescued the solid brick Manual “To maintain the essence of the original cuisine”, while in the bathrooms, “a color game is provided between the tiles and the furniture, creating a dialogue of contrasts between them.”
The open kitchen is much wider and revolves around a large island
A kitchen open to the original and relaxing patio and bathrooms
With the reform a open kitchen and much broader that is distributed around the island and opens towards the patio at its two ends. The architects have recovered the original ceramic brick as a floor, which together with the oak wood brings warmth to the space. With the choice of white furniture, visual continuity has been sought with coatings and increase luminosity. In addition, together with one of the departures to the patio, a very pleasant breakfast has been designed.
In green tone, bathrooms are relaxing
The materials chosen for the bathrooms contrast with those of the rest of the house. Here, the architects have played with colors and textures Different with the purpose “to create spaces that, even promoting relaxation, be unique.”
In one of the bathrooms a green terrazo sink has been chosen
The combination of oak wood and green color, that has been chosen for alicadate and the Terrazo Of the sinks, it generates an interesting relationship.
From the entrance you can see the patio. The walls are used to create banks and work planters
What would highlight the project, the architects say that “the amplitude that the house has won by unifying the different interior spaces and visually relating them between them.” They also mention “the amplitude that gives the house the new visual from the entrance of the house to the backyard, where the parra that had been forgotten over the years appears and that makes this patio a canvas that transforms with the stations.”
