{"id":10366,"date":"2020-10-26T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.listonegiordano.com\/appartamento-siviglia\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:58:16","slug":"apartment-sevilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listonegiordano.com\/one\/en\/architecture\/apartment-sevilla\/","title":{"rendered":"The light of Andalusia breathes new life in a historic apartment in Sevilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Casa Puri is a refurbishing project located in the warm heart of Sevilla where different cultures co-habit side by side.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sevilla<\/strong> reveals a unique history and allows to enjoy the fusion of different cultures. The history of Sevilla remounts prior to Al-Andalus, to the Roman period<\/strong>, today it stands as one of the key historical points on the Andalusian landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where the Almoravids settled in the early 11th century and the ongoing battles against the Christians. This, in turn, served to further intensify the already existing divisions in Islamic Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the last period of Muslim rule, Sevilla became an important capital to the Christian monarchs.<\/strong> A testimony of this is the incredible monument: Alc\u00e1zar Palace \u201ccommissioned by Christian kings, built by Muslim craftsmen and financed by Jewish bankers. Another symbol of the tolerance and balance between these three different cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Casa Puri<\/strong> is a refurbishment<\/em> architecture project<\/em><\/strong> located in the heart of Sevilla where you can breath and feel its warm atmosphere at every corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architect Alejandro Gim\u00e9nez<\/strong> worked on this specific project to transform the classic and compartmentalized distribution apartment into a large house with continuous and flexible spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The living room is connected to the kitchen being both part of the same room<\/strong>, invaded by the light of the street, which is introduced into the apartment through four big windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get amplitude and height, the old false ceilings have been eliminated in the main rooms of the house. He also intervened in the interior design of the furniture that mixed with natural materials, creating a cozy as well as contemporary apartment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The architecture shares a design culture that emphasizes the choice of wood floor<\/a><\/strong> which has been sustainably cultivated and manufactured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He selected the Atelier Firenze Traccia<\/a><\/strong>, a Listone Giordano<\/strong> collection, working closely with Interni Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> for technical supervision and consultancy,  with the goal to apply the ancestral wood texture in a contemporary paradigm, merging knowledge of and respect for the craft traditions. The culture of wood underlying new ways of using this material to create both unusual and functional solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Never is this goal more of driving force for the company than in its parquet collection<\/strong>. A design that really draws out the natural effect of wooden surfaces, highlighting the grain and other marks through a manual craft process that leads to unique pieces and leaves behind classic conceptions of beauty in a journey to find innovative forms of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His personal way of interpreting the wood surface throughout the house, generates uncharted solutions, giving way to different combinations of materials, finishings, shapes and treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While experimenting with forms, colors and volumes along; his creative skills are always underpinned by the awareness that preserving the raw material is absolutely central to his vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n