Joliver is a modern apartment located in Barcelona, Spain, redesigned in 2020 by Studio Bonba.

Description
The apartment is located in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Barcelona, inside a four-story building.
The goal of the project was to give the flat a new look, and since all the rooms have outdoor facing windows, to let the light enter the common areas as much as possible while creating more open spaces.
The property which was originally built in the 90s was characterized by dark floors and several doors and walls which separated every room, as well as a service area and a large kitchen with a suboptimal arrangement. All of this made it difficult to appreciate the charm and potential of the apartment. The first step we took was to eliminate all those dividers that did not allow the light from the outside to come through and to re-organize the space by designing a series of volumes made of wood that act both as pieces of furniture and space distributors, creating overall a lighter and more fluid space.
Following our refurbishment, when one enters the house is welcomed in the hall by a structure made of natural wood, combined with lacquered wood and granite. Through glass doors, to which we added wooden handles to give them a floating effect, one enters the kitchen where the terracotta tones of the ceramic tiles of 10x10cm, dictate the colors of the room, finished with a touch of black matt granite.
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