29 Jul Color Crazing Over Font6 Apartment
Located in a quiet green passageway beside the infamous Sagrada Familia lies Font6 Apartment belonging to Andrea Serboli, one of the two founders of Colombo & Serboli architectural firm. Taking the perfect opportunity to develop a sample of the firm’s unique style, Andrea and partner Matteo Colombo’s vision was to transform the house into a quiet retreat full of emotionally charged objects. With a limited budget to invest, and a need for space to house Andrea’s large collection, the two took on several challenges to create her dream home. See what Colombo and Serboli have to say about the process!
The 1914 building is a fairly simple example of a modernist building in the Eixample district of Barcelona. Bought in a state of neglect, the challenge had been to maintain some period elements, while portraying a distinct contemporary character. Guided by the idea of emptying the apartment of its walls and inserting a lacquered, groove-paneled blue box in the middle of the floor plan, the concept of the project was to redefine the spaces around it in a more architectural way.
With a hidden entrance camouflaged between the doors of the closets, the box contains a bathroom designed as a more relaxing and intimate area of the home. Contrasting its cold exterior tone, the inner skin is a very warm shade of pink micro-cement, meant to convey the feeling of having reached a secret place.
In terms of materials, the rest of the apartment features very neutral elements and colors, creating a container aimed to make the blue box stand out. Dashes of color contrasting with the prevailing blues are the coral painted beams, which reinforce the ancient partitions that once divided the single open space. Punctual elements of more precious materials are mixed with more basic elements to generate a feeling of affordable luxury.
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