Palau Apartment is a lovely home located in Barcelona, Spain, redesigned in 2022 by CaSA – Colombo and Serboli Architecture.

Description
The apartment is located on the third floor of an ancient building nearby the famous Palau de la Mu?sica in the heart of Barcelona. The client is a young Italian fashion designer that fixed his residence in the Catalan capital.
Visiting the property, the architects were immediately struck by the open space proportions and five-meter high ceilings. Accordingly, the architects proposed a more daring refurbishment then the one initially envisioned by the client that was focused only on a new bathroom and closet.
The project highlights and embodies several charming existing elements such as the massive wooden beams and wooden floors, the mezzanine overlooking the living area, and the two-floor metal windows. A solution was needed to rationalize a very compact bathroom and substitute stairs to the second level due to structural problems. The property is extremely quiet, overlooking silent courtyards of the old part of Barcelona.

The client looked for an equally calm, neutral palette of materials and colours and preserve and enhance the property?s atmosphere and to ?keep it simple and warm?.
Concept and Layout
The designs solutions are informed by the client?s desire to keep the appeal of original elements and weathered materials. The architects decided to face the project through a ?wabi-sabi? approach that could ...