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Entwurf • Design Tenka Arkitektura, ES-Bilbao
Bauherr • Client Privat
Standort • Location Plaza de Jado, ES-Bilbao
Nutzfläche • Floor space 110 m 2
Fotos • Photos Biderbost Photo, ES-Bilbao
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126

APARTMENT

IN BILBAO

Opposite the Guggenheim Museum, the magnificent En-
sanche district is located that originated starting in the
th
late 19 century. In a building from the late 1960s, this
is where Tenka Architektura have designed a refuge on
110 square metres. The flat represents the joie de vivre
of the young family in the form of a sky-blue, ubiquitous
zigzag wall. The bedroom holds surprises …
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D espite the fact that it is located in the highly upscale Ensanche di-
strict, the building from the 1960s was of little architectural interest
in the opinion of Tenka Arkitektura. In addition, the top floor of the for-
mer office building came with a multitude of challenges: Reinforced-
concrete pillars and several ventilation shafts unfortunately manged to
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“disturb” the original elongated, L-shaped layout. The result of the con-
version, however, is an extremely attractive flat. This is because the new
home reflects the lifestyle of the young couple with a little son – youth-
ful, casual, open, with an affinity to design. The architects strictly sepa-
3 rated the day- from the night zone. Both areas are linked by a curvili-
near wall painted sky blue that, upon the request of the family, gives
the apartment an explicitly cheerful atmosphere. The ceiling-high, inter-
estingly zigzag-structured MDF wall has been constructed by a local joi-
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ner. This leitmotif of the design also characterizes the kitchen cabinets
and the bar counter. It integrates barely noticeable jib doors and is the
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backbone and the structure of the residence. It conceals the bathroom,
the room for the washing machine as well as various ventilation shafts.
The zigzag relief produces a play of shadow and light. And its wood
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communicates a feeling of warmth. The sky-blue wall “accompanies”
the family through their entire home. All the zones merge seamlessly.
This spatial effect is emphasized by a homogeneous, grey epoxy-resin
floor. In the rearmost part of the long layout, after a narrow curve and
dramatically staged, the parents’ bedroom expands and thus the hig-
hest and most open room. In a highly individual way, the “all-in-one-
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room” combines the bedroom and the dressing room, bathroom and a
writing desk. With its shiny deep-blue stoneware wall tiles, the small,
1 Wohnen • Living open (!) niche for the washbasin and the WC has a definite impact on
2 Küche • Kitchen
3 Essen • Dining the appearance of the large space. The “wet cell”, a shower bathtub, is
4 Bad • Bathroom covered with epoxy resin – no need for sanitary ceramics. As relics of
5 Waschmaschine • Laundry
6 Kind • Nursery the past, whitewashed brick walls and wooden beams below the cei-
7 Elternschlafzimmer/Bad • Master bed-/bathroom
ling bear witness to the past. An exciting mixture of opposites: old and
Grundriss • Floor plan new, rough and smooth, warm and cold, narrow and wide, …
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