Joan d’Austria / External Reference Architects

Joan d’Austria is a interior project that convert a former taxi garage into the house and studio of an designer who working and inhabiting are fluid.

Architects: External Reference Architects
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Photographs: Lorenzo Patuzzo

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From the architects:

We were forced to manage contact between extraordinarily collective-use spaces (Think of the people involved in a shoot) and others with a private and personal use. Hence the spirit of all design decisions, giving shape and structure to a domestic space that seeks, at all times, to be understood also as a space to share. In this sense, the socially outgoing and energetic personality of the user is reflected in the project……

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