Castro Ruiz House is a stunning apartment located in Barcelona, Spain, redesigned in 2021 by Amoo.

Description
The house is located on the first floor of a building built in 1925 in the Nova Esquerra de l?Eixample district, Barcelona. It has 4 doors per landing, thus transforming the typical typology of l?Eixample?s sequenced house into half floors.
The structure of the house is made up of load-bearing walls and is distributed around two patios, with partitions that leave a corridor on one side and small rooms on the other. It is accessible from one end and its main façade overlooks the block?s inner courtyard, where the dining room has taken over the old gallery, facing northeast. The total area is 60.48m².
The project intends to blur the hallway, trying to achieve a recognisable yet permeable plan. Also, multiple cross visuals that broaden the flat?s sense of depth are sought. A shoring is set out in the load-bearing wall, connecting the living room to the new kitchen, and the rest of the partitions are demolished. A new functional green stripe will link the flat from end to end: it will begin as a piece of furniture in the hall, with counters and cabinets, it will contain the two doors of access to the main room and the bathroom, and it will be completely open towards the kitchen, defined only by the area of the refrigerator, an upper shelf and the low volume of the bar, favouring the use of the corridor as a cooking space. Having exceeded the load-bear...