Isern Serra designs Barcelona modelling agency as a "landscape" for taking photos
Pale walls, sculptural furnishings and sunken plant features provide a striking backdrop to photoshoots taking place inside this Barcelona modelling agency, devised by Spanish studio Isern Serra.
The Blow Models office occupies the ground floor of a 1920s building and its adjoining warehouse in Barcelona's Sant Martà neighbourhood.
Isern Serra designed its pared-back interior as "a landscape where the models can take pictures".
The Blow Models office centres around conversation pits and a sunken plant feature
The studio began by knocking through the building's false ceiling and most of the partition walls to make the interior appear more open and airy.
A long, rectangular skylight was carved out of the ceiling to allow for more natural lighting, and all surfaces were painted in a pale buttermilk hue. A long concrete desk accommodates staff computers
As the building doesn't sit above a basement or car park, the studio took the opportunity to dig down into the site's foundations.
At the heart of the office, the floor is now punctuated by three holes. Two of these were turned into cushioned conversation pits while the third overflows with leafy tropical plants.
"Light and vegetation becomes the centre from which the project is structured," explained the studio. "[The] unusual and beautiful background is intended to encourage photography."
Steel stools were placed around another concrete table
Two large concrete tables were placed on either side o...
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