Barcelona-based architectural practice, Nook Architects, has designed the Maria & Cubi project. The contemporary home is located in Sarri-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona, Spain.

This interior design project was commissioned by a young Spanish woman who had a very clear vision about her home. The apartment was going to be just for her – but it also had to have the potential of being a future family home too.

According to the architects: The previous owners had left the property in a relatively good state. They had done, however, several interventions on separate occasions, obtaining a non-cohesive result, with unusual solutions to specific problems such as incorporating a terrace into the living room by sealing it from the exterior with heavy walls, refurbishing the kitchen and bathrooms, and partially installing an air conditions system.

 Analysing the floor plan, we detected the consequences of not visualising the entire ensemble as a single unit: irregular distribution, inaccessible nooks, and two different entries to the home, which are not necessary by today’s living standards. We then decided to turn around this mismatched solutions and bring back order and regularity to the space by generating a neutral stage for a long-term life project.