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Lawyers and parents of two children, Patricia and Marilina They were unwilling to forego family logistics in the capital in search of greeneryeven though they felt like they needed a meeting place. Instead, they decided to find their way back to the city, even though so many families leave the city every year a ground floor with an outdoor area of almost 100m2 completely wasted.
“You are the type of customer who recognizes it immediately. You have the ability to look into the future and are not afraid to go to work,” the woman told us. Architect Victoria Romanor partner of Estudio Romano-Cal, responsible for the reform. Although the work was completed a year ago, work had already begun seven years ago when the couple purchased the property and began building a large barbecue area.. Below are comparative pictures of this first procedure with today.
“The boys They wanted to utilize the entire outdoor area while placing a strong focus on social issues.. “They love inviting people over and they wanted their house to be a meeting place,” he explains. the architect Sofia CalPartner of the studio, which dealt with both architecture and decoration.
The work was carried out in stages: the first was the barbecue area at the back, a room where, in addition to the classic barbecue with bar and a table for 12 people, there is also a television and all the comforts.
“After the construction of the barbecue area, the space where the pool is now located became a rarely used passage area. That’s why in this second part we made sure that every meter was optimally used in the design: from the pool itself to the outdoor living room and flower beds“.
“Like every ground floor, there are moments with more and less light on the terrace. Following this movement, a decision was made as to where the pool should be built From noon to four in the afternoon there is direct sun,” explains Sofía.
“For the lining of the pool We chose a Bali stone which would give it a more natural look“Knowing that it would take up a large part of the terrace, the material they chose would make all the difference. They looked for the same inspiration in nature and chose some of them Wood-effect porcelain stoneware tiles for the structure of the flower beds.
Another point where attention was paid to this factor was that Landscapinga job that the homeowners did based on the architects’ suggestion. “Patricio is a great gardener and he had very large plants that we didn’t want to waste. The decision was to transplant and use these specimens,” they say.
The vines on the party walls and the barbecue area walls complement the greenery that was lost when the pool and solarium were built.