In Gràcia, a full renovation of 75 m² and 130 m² of terraces draws on a broad Mediterranean imaginary, from Menorca and Mallorca to Greece, which the team translated into a language of its own: sculptural stone, natural fibres and an urban setting that is unmistakably Barcelona, far from any tourist postcard. Not a single synthetic material entered the house.
What sets the project apart is that every key piece was not bought but made, and in many cases the owners followed the process from beginning to end. The dining table is a one-off piece in solid wood, tracked from tree to table alongside the carpenter Masfuster. The stone for the kitchen island was hand-picked at a quarry in Manresa and given a fluted finish carved by hand. In the bathrooms, the taps and exposed-pipe showers are the work of a Valencian craftsman specialising in aged copper and brass.
Crowning the whole is a rooftop with a seating area set among lavender and olive trees, a green-tiled fountain and a timber sauna looking out towards the towers of the Sagrada Família.
Craft and raw material
The result is a pared-back, sculptural Mediterranean that makes room, layer by layer, for designer pieces, hand-painted ceramics and the studio of one of the owners, a sculptor. Knowing where each piece came from was part of the pleasure of living in the house.
