See Why This Family’s 463-Square-Foot Spanish Apartment Feels Much Larger

Among the challenges of working and living together (something the couple says is both a “challenge and pleasure,”) another consideration was simply the size of this apartment in Barcelona’s Gracia neighborhood: The entire home is a mere 463 square feet. 

“The interior of the apartment was completely demolished and rethought with a new eye and our new needs, prioritizing fewer and larger pieces,” Maite describes.

“The project aims to experiment with volume, to work with different degrees of privacy, to offer different types of space within the same volume. Open path, fluidity of movement.”

“The existing volume has been stripped to show its materiality and to add the new elements necessary for the new requirements of the project,” she continues.

Maite explains that they basically “reversed the layout of the entire house,” switching the balcony and entrance of the home to be closer to the balcony and sunlight, and then tucked the bedroom closer to the back so it was a bit darker and quieter. 

And of course, the size of the space and making sure they maximized every inch was something they had to tackle — and something they achieved with a smart floor plan, tons of storage, and a simple, clean materials palette.

• Sofa — Habitat (doesn’t exist anymore)
• Illustrations — Gyotako made by us, lithography from Fernando Zobel

• Table — Made by us with our blacksmith

• Carpenter made

Thanks, Maite and Genís!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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