Vivienda en Sant Joan is a private home designed by Egue y Seta in 2014. It is located in Barcelona, Spain. The renovation project of the housing unit in Sant Joan gives a convincing answer to all the above questions. And its result, comparable to an endless number of examples due to its typology and similar dimensions, confirms that design and the experience of the interior architects, are not at all incompatible with tight budgets or smaller homes. The initial briefing of the project consisted of: maintain current value of housing in terms of number of rooms, considering the possibility of future re-selling; achieving a much more attractive lay out in terms of space distribution and lighting; bluring the boundaries of the corridor, integrating it to the whole while making it the star architectural element as a communicator and a “livable” space. The Master´s Bedroom, in its new “en suite” status poses not only a possibility of private access to the bathroom and dressing room, but also invites an “intimate” visual relationship between the shower and bedroom realms. Separated only by a glass wall and a Venetian wooden shutter, it allows light to enter as well as an intimacy / sensuality play between both areas. In this bedroom, of neutral aesthetic, the headboard wall stands out, covered with a stunning “pixelated” graphic by designer Cristian Zuzunaga.
The social area, in the main façade “wing” of the house, revolves around a large wooden table that separates the three subareas located here: the study area, the dining room and the lounge. Over this table a pendant lamp claims the attention, running along a top rail that allows it to move and adapt to different uses while hanging from a ceiling of Catalan vault of restored wooden beams. In the background, a brick wall, bathed in dimmable indirect light, recalls the historical and architectural heritage of this listed building, while relating harmoniously with the original pavements of traditional hydraulic tile, reclaimed and polished to give them new life and aesthetic validity. Above it , a Persian rug is arranged as a means of unobtrusive spatial boundary that defines a living room space that looks over the magnificent Passeig de St. Joan of Barcelona through two superb balconies.
