The owners' request was to make a dream come true: to live in the centre of Mataró in a townhouse. The opportunity arose when they were able to renovate an old family home located on Carrer Pujol. All that remained was to adapt the building to the owners' needs. Establishing the programme in agreement with the clients was not difficult, as it was a conventional, albeit highly functional, use. The programme was therefore formalised as follows: on the ground floor, a small library was located at the entrance to the house, with a living room and a kitchen-dining room connected to the garden by large openings. On the first floor, there was a master bedroom and the corresponding ancillary rooms: a dressing room, bathroom and gym, as well as a small terrace with a linear laundry area and machine room. The second floor was used for a study and guest room with its own bathroom, and finally, in the attic, there was a unique space for relaxation and reading. The intervention in the existing building had two distinct aspects: on the one hand, the floors were emptied, removing all the partition walls that detracted from the spatial richness of the house. On the other hand, the structure and construction systems of the building were reinforced and consolidated. Great care was taken when choosing materials, especially for the floors, which are made exclusively of extruded ceramic tiles and Jatoba wood flooring. The renovation was carried out with great respect for the building's original appearance. The aim was simply to give a more contemporary look to those areas that required it, mainly the bathrooms and kitchen; in the rest of the building, the work was purely restoration (ceilings, woodwork, staircase, etc.). Analysing the renovation through the resulting section of the building, we were able to achieve a series of visual intersections and general luminosity that facilitated the overall perception of the different spaces.
Author: Eskubi Turró Arquitectes
Source: Premis Puig i Cadafalch d’Arquitectura, Interiorisme i Patrimoni Mataró, Catalunya) 1998: Mataró (Catalunya). Ajuntament, & Mataró (Catalunya). Consell Municipal del Patrimoni Arquitectònic i Ambiental. Premis Puig i Cadafalch d’arquitectura, interiorisme i patrimoni : 1998. Mataró : Ajuntament de Mataró, Consell Municipal del Patrimoni Arquitetònic i Ambiental, 1999
