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Miguel Garcia Carceles
In the oldest neighborhood of Valencia, La Seu, very close to the Gothic palace of the Generalitat and the Plaza de la Virgen de Valencia, we discover a floor of 65 square meters that, despite having been built in the 19th century, just been born again. Its owners, an Italian couple in love with this Mediterranean city, managed to see beyond the state of neglect and deterioration in which it was found, its old-fashioned distribution (typical of the 40s, when it was renovated for the last time) and its rooms dark that made it difficult to see its charming original elements clearly, and they bet on it moved by the location and convinced of the potential it had to exploit.
His great allies in bringing about this renaissance were the architects Pilar Martí Rodrigo Carlos Muñoz Alfonso, from the mmarq architecture studio. “The main objective of the reform was to emphasize the original elements of the construction, such as the carpentry, the high ceilings with exposed beams and the exposed brick walls “, explain the experts that they had to face a condition as privileged as it was limiting: the building, due to its history, had a level of protection 2, and therefore no element of composition of the facade could be modified. “Since new holes could not be opened, we sought to give light with the colors and materials used, as well as with the study of lighting. All this without losing the essence of an old building”, they explain. Although the main rooms (kitchen, dining room, living room and bedrooms) were kept as they were originally, the architects designed two new bathrooms, one courtesy and the other en suite in the master bedroom, at the express wish of the owners.
For the interior design they have wanted to have a continuous but renewed philosophy. Thus, they have used existing materials in the construction for the new elements “but in a more modern way, achieving a timeless and serene balance”. With white, the neutral colors and the gray of the microcement of the floors have increased the feeling of clarity in the interior. In the decoration, which responds to the personality of the owner, romantic and very feminine, recovered pieces have been mixed with signature designs low cost and furniture that the owners brought from Italy. The story of this floor is ready to continue.
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