Topo’s Shed by Pía Mendaro - architecture and design

Topo’s Shed by Pía Mendaro



Recently completed by Pía Mendaro, this inspiring loft is located in Madrid, Spain.

Description
This is the house-studio of my friend Clara Cebrian. Clara is an artist and does not like overly designed things. She wanted something ?like Ron Weasley?s house?; something that could adapt to the needs that appear over time.
The project, therefore, had to provide a basis for life to happen and be ?almost nothing?.
We work on a 10x10m warehouse with a gable roof held by two steel rafters, a facade with two windows and a door. For ?almost nothing? to work as ?almost anything? it seemed that nothing should be very tied.
We were sure about three things: that the space must be understood as what it is – a square -, that we had to use a kitchen that Clara had bought for sale, and that the downspouts were where they were and were immovable. We decided to make a ?covert wall?; a front where we could place the kitchen (everyone always wants to be in the kitchen). The kitchen would become the useful protagonist of the space, and behind it, the bathroom and facilities would hide. The wall passes under the belt of the trusses, allowing the warehouse to be understood as it is, and prevents doors from opening directly over the space (especially the bathroom).
In the process of locating Clara?s sleeping place, we thought of making a wheeled bed, a cabin, a box with windows … until we decided to detach ourselves from the ground. We thereby provide a horizon in the...
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