以吧台为中心的家丨西班牙丨ENDALT Arquitectes

翻新家庭住宅，使其重新适合居住始终是一项挑战。在这种情况下，除了考虑新的用途和居住方式以及与空间的互动等常规工作外，还有一些更难驾驭的因素：记忆和乡愁。

Renovating a family home to make it livable again is always a challenge. In these cases, beyond the usual exercise of reflecting on new uses and ways of inhabiting and interacting with the space, there are additional elements that are harder to navigate: memory and nostalgia.

▼室内概览，overview of the indoor space ©David Zarzoso

Guillem的家就是这种情况，这是位于Benicalap社区中心的一个小公寓，属于他家已经有几十年了。他的祖父母住在这里，他的母亲在这里长大，而 Guillem自己在学生时代也住在这里。因此，三代人的记忆交织在一起。在这堵墙里，有欢笑，也有悲伤；他们见证了家族的成长，也见证了家族的衰落。有的几代人在这里度过了他们的成年，而有的几代人则在这里经历了他们的童年或青年。这些记忆的痕迹并不总是有形的：床、窗帘、厨房、餐桌或客厅家具…… 在这些墙壁里，曾经居住过的人的记忆依然存在，那些渴望曾经在那里经历过的人的怀念也依然存在。但还有一些东西也在延续：幻想、希望，以及未来居住在这里的人们的梦想。

▼改造后平面图，plan after renovation ©ENDALT Arquitectes

This is the case of Guillem’s home, a small apartment in the heart of the Benicalap neighborhood that has belonged to his family for decades. His grandparents lived there, his mother was raised within its walls, and Guillem himself lived there during his student years. Thus, the memories of three generations intertwine. Within these walls, there has been laughter and sorrow; they have seen the family grow, but also diminish. Some generations spent their adulthood there, while others experienced their childhood or youth. The traces of these memories are not always physical: a bed, curtains, a kitchen, the dining table, or the living room furniture… Within these walls, the memory of those who once inhabited them lives on, as does the nostalgia of those who long for what they once experienced there. But something else lives on, too—an illusion, a hope, the dreams of those who will inhabit the home in the future.

▼室内概览，overview of the indoor space ©David Zarzoso

这一前提为翻新项目奠定了基础，翻新项目一方面是为了使住宅适应Guillem的生活方式和未来计划，另一方面是为了以某种方式保留他对家人的记忆。这个想法具体化为各种材料、形状、痕迹的拼贴，在焕然一新的空间里共存。Benicalap的旧公寓变成了承载记忆与梦想、怀旧与希望的容器。

This premise sets the foundation for a renovation project that seeks, on one hand, to adapt the home to Guillem’s lifestyle and future plans and, on the other, to preserve his family’s memory in some way. This idea materializes into a collage of materials, shapes, traces, and scars that coexist in a renewed space. The old apartment in Benicalap transforms into a vessel of memories and dreams, of nostalgia and hope.

▼形状、形状与痕迹的拼贴，a collage of materials, shapes, traces ©David Zarzoso

新空间以厨房吧台为中心——开放、宽敞、实用的区域，成为住宅的核心。厨房吧台是这栋房子的名字由来，它界定了整个空间，将流动和活动分开，让烹饪、用餐、工作和交谈同时进行。厨房既欢迎住在这里的人，也欢迎来访的人，同时还释放了生活空间的其他部分，使其朝向街道、前面花园的绿色植物和温暖的西边光线。

The new space is centered around the kitchen bar—an open, spacious, and functional area that becomes the heart of the home. This bar, which gives the house its name, defines the space by separating circulation from action, allowing for cooking, eating, working, and conversation all at once. The kitchen welcomes both the people who live there and those who visit, while also freeing up the rest of the living space, which is oriented toward the street, the greenery of the garden in front, and the warm western light.

▼新空间以厨房吧台为中心，the new space is centered around the kitchen bar ©David Zarzoso

在吧台上方，出现了新的元素——定制设计的大型灯具，它将住宅的两个关键区域：厨房和起居室连接在一起。灯具采用对角线设计，与传统斜屋顶的线条相呼应。在这里，灯光成为了一种强有力的工具：一方面，它增强了吧台的突出地位，另一方面，它通过对立灯光的对比，突出了房屋原有的天花板。

Above this bar, a new element emerges—a large custom-designed light fixture that stitches together two key areas of the home: the kitchen and the living room. It does so through a play of diagonals that echoes the lines of a traditional sloped roof. Here, lighting becomes a powerful tool: on one hand, it enhances the prominence of the bar, while on the other, it highlights the original ceiling of the house through a contrast of opposing lights.

▼吧台上方定制的大型灯具，

a large custom-designed light fixture above the bar ©David Zarzoso

在吧台的底部——这个项目的概念来源——有一块残留的材料：一块从原来的房屋中回收的液压瓦地板。这一图案在入口处和厨房橱柜附近重复出现。地板与过去及其记忆对话，也有助于组织和界定空间

At the base of the bar—the project’s conceptual seed—there is a remnant of material: a patch of reclaimed hydraulic tile flooring from the original home. This motif repeats at the entrance and near the kitchen cabinetry. The flooring, in dialogue with the past and its memories, also helps organize and define the spaces.

▼从原来的房屋中回收的液压瓦地板，

a patch of reclaimed hydraulic tile flooring from the original home ©David Zarzoso

▼修复后的屋顶细部，the roof detail after renovation ©David Zarzoso

▼改造前平面图，plan before renovation ©ENDALT Arquitectes

▼剖面图，section ©ENDALT Arquitectes

Project: Quina barra de casa!

Studio: Endalt Arquitectes

Year: 2022-2024

Surface area: 85m2

Location: Benicalap, València