Renovation

The estate “Las Torres” was commissioned in the 1870s by the ancestors of the current owner. Originally built as a summer residence, it was later divided into three separate units and briefly used as a school during the Spanish Civil War. Our project has involved the renovation of one of the units, which was in a state of disrepair and had suffered several alterations that significantly damaged its original design.

GuestHouse50 is a townhouse with a special atmosphere and exceptional communal areas. The transformed and restored historic townhouse proves how easily privacy and community can coexist. The single-family terraced house, built in 1880, to which an extension with a passageway was added in the 1920s, was used as a home with a decoration shop and an atelier where they designed and produced stuccos and hand-painted wallpapers.

This project involves the renovation of an old building into a vacation destination. The original building, featuring a concrete frame, is nestled within a dense coastal forest in northern China, surrounded by a serene and secluded natural landscape. Just a few hundred meters beyond the forest lies the vast sea. Originally, the building stretched 100 meters along the edge of an acacia forest, with beautiful waterscapes on both the south and east sides. However, its interior design included a single-sided corridor, resulting in long and somewhat redundant hallway spaces. The facade was overly closed off, fragmented by narrow Tuscan-style vertical strip windows that obscured the scenic rolling landscape around it, ultimately isolating the building from its natural surroundings.

The project involves the complete renovation of a Neustadt building dating from the late 19th century. On the street side, the Vosges sandstone and brickwork will be cleaned and restored to their original appearance.

The project is located on a triangular corner plot, situated at the boundary between the old town and the Palamós lighthouse neighborhood. For this reason, the project seeks to resolve a corner that acts as a hinge between two worlds: on one side, the narrow, earthy-colored streets of the old town; on the other, the port and maritime atmosphere of the lighthouse neighborhood.

The modernist building has been fully renovated and retains many of its original qualities. ERIK arkitekter has restored the town hall based on its key architectural ideas while futureproofing it with contemporary workspaces. Lyngby Town Hall, designed by the now passed-away architects Hans Erling Langkilde and Ib Martin Jensen, joins the ranks of Scandinavian functionalist town halls from the mid-20th century — think, for instance, of Aarhus City Hall by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller or Gunnar Asplund’s Gothenburg Town Hall. The building was originally inaugurated in 1941.

The Chang Residence is located in a residential area in central Taipei. Although its interior area was only 76 square meters, its square structure was used to create a symmetrical layout, allowing us to evoke a sense of orderliness and openness. In terms of spatial distribution, the design opens up the entire public area, replacing partitions with exposed structural beams and columns, allowing for fluid distinctions between the living area, restaurant, and kitchen. Hidden behind a walnut wall is the bedroom and bathroom. We aimed to maximize natural lighting while maintaining privacy. Moreover, the directions of partition walls were adjusted to minimize the obstruction of natural light. The central area of the interior, where natural light is weakest, features stainless steel door leaves that help scatter light from the front and back windows, keeping the space bright.