Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has renovated the PSM21 house outside of Barcelona, adding an interior staircase to turn two separate apartments into one home with colourful details.
The studio aimed to turn the properties, in the coastal town of Castelldefels, into a single 250-square-metre house that takes advantage of its sea views.
"The connection with the views, which are striking, are paramount in the project, so the layout tries to connect all the spaces with the exterior, but without simplifying the space, creating, at the same time, a complex indoors living," Raúl Sánchez Architects founder told Raúl Sánchez told Dezeen.
The Spanish home was previously two separate apartments
The studio initially renovated the upper apartment and will begin working on the lower floor next year. To connect the two floors of the building, which previously had separate entrances, the studio added an internal staircase. "The new requirements of the new family did not match the existing layout," Sánchez said.
"The two main storeys of the house were split and had no connection, and now the new house will be one only house, with a new connection staircase."
A yellow entrance hall welcomes visitors
On the upper floor, a yellow entrance hall welcomes visitors to the house and leads into an open-plan kitchen and living room.
Here, a blue-painted volume, which the architect calls the "kitchen cube", holds the kitchen as well as a small sto...