En esta reforma completa de una vivienda del centro de Madrid nuestro interés radica en poner en práctica varios conceptos que consideramos cruciales a la hora de pensar una vivienda: espacio, polivalencia, flexibilidad, eficacia, calidez. Y más cuando se trata de administrar poca superficie útil.

Nuestra postura ante el proyecto está muy relacionada con el concepto de la machine à habiter de Le Corbusier y  del Movimiento Moderno: la vivienda entendida como una máquina funcional. Todas las decisiones están sometidas a este filtro que es pensar en cómo la vivienda dota de servicios y comodidades, como soluciona necesidades que el habitante tiene y a las que tenemos el deber de responder.

La estructura de la casa permite cierta facilidad a la hora de distribuir los espacios. Se trata de un prisma de 20x5m en el que encajar un programa de vivienda de 2 dormitorios. Se divide el volumen en dos partes, una la más vivida durante el día y otra que agrupa los dormitorios.

In this complete reform of a house in the center of Madrid our interest lies in putting into practice several concepts that we consider crucial when thinking about housing: space, versatility, flexibility, efficacy, warmth. And more when it comes to administering little usable surface.

Our position before the project is closely related to the concept of the Machine à habiter of Le Corbusier and the modern movement: housing understood as a functional machine. All the decisions are subject to this filter that is to think about how the house provides services and comforts, as it solves needs that the inhabitant has and to which we have the duty to respond.

The structure of the House allows a certain facility when distributing the spaces. It is a 20x5m prism in which to fit a 2 bedroom housing program. The volume is divided into two parts, one the most lived during the day and another that groups the bedrooms. This division is made with a folding door integrated into a partition that when confused with it emphasizes the division in the housing with a sense of humour. When the door is opened it fits into another perpendicular septum so that no space remains.

Given the proportions of the house, the long corridor that had the original distribution is integrated into the rooms so that it gains space and shortens the length of that corridor.

The storage is another strong point of the house: It made a thorough study to take advantage of all the recesses that has the dwelling, arriving to hurry for example the necessary height of the shower in order to get a trunk on top of it.