A&A Apartment | LoCa Studio
Designed for a young couple who likes to share the best moments together, the proposal for the common space in this apartment was key. The starting point was to free the house they acquired from the excessive original subdivisions to take advantage of the long façade of the building, located in the corner of the block. Also, during the designing process, a generous interior height is revealed behind the false ceilings and thus, enhance through tall inside carpentries.
© Pol Viladoms
In the access, in the center of the house, the kitchen is placed fused with the living room to seize the natural light entering from the widen façade. The dorms situated in the sides, are connected through the bathroom, by a doble carpentry system, that also facilitates circular movements. The working space required by the owners is sheltered in one side, within the main open space, below a window that provides natural light on the desktop. Constructively, the project is solved using timber and dry walls for divisions and carpentries. A little scale work, accurate and precise in the details.
© Pol Viladoms
The free height to the slab, the use of light colors, the location of the rooms in the sides to free the façade carpentries, the cross circulations and the enhance of the natural light inside, succeed on distorting the space perception to achieve the project goal: a house that seems bigger than it is.
© Pol Viladoms
© Pol Viladoms
Project Info
Architects: LoCa Studio
Area: 93 m²
Year: 2020
Country: Barcelona, Spain
Photographs: Pol Viladoms
Manufacturers: ELEVATE, Clever, Duravit, A-OK Tubular Motors, Argenta Ceramica, Azero Group, BTV, Belluch, Bodelec, COES Company, Cata, Cerámicas Pierola, Cerámicas Vilar Álbaro, Ceys, Confortpan, Cortizo, DANOSA, ESCOFET, Estructures Integrales de Fusta, Ezcurra, +27
Lead Architects: Daniel Lorenzo, Carlota Casanova
Design Team: Aina Alemany, Giorgos Lazaridis, Dario Mantovani
Construction: RMR retail – Artenfusta
Sophie Tremblay is a Montreal-based architectural editor and designer with a focus on sustainable urban development. A McGill University architecture graduate, she began her career in adaptive reuse, blending modern design with historical structures. As a Project Editor at Arch2O, she curates stories that connect traditional practice with forward-thinking design. Her writing highlights architecture's role in community engagement and social impact. Sophie has contributed to Canadian Architect and continues to collaborate with local studios on community-driven projects throughout Quebec, maintaining a hands-on approach that informs both her design sensibility and editorial perspective.