NEVER TOO SMALL: Wes Anderson Inspired Attic Apartment, Madrid 42sqm/452sqft
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Designed by gon architects for a film industry professional, the aptly named Casa Flix brings a Wes Anderson-inspired colour palette to life in this once dark and awkwardly laid out 1900’s attic in central Madrid. Vibrant pops of colour are strategically placed through-out, with larger colour blocks defining different zones: deep blue for the entrance, green for the home office and butter yellow for the 5.5m long kitchen. The all-white bedroom, hidden behind a pocket door, features a spacious tiled shower that connects to the rest of the house through a glass brick wall. The clever use of skylights along with mirrored walls, doors, and corners ensures that light floods the apartment whilst making it feel much larger than its 42m2 footprint.
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Project. Casa Flix
Architect: gon-architects...
Thumbnail Photography: imagensublimina...
Produced by New Mac Video Agency
Creator: Colin Chee
Director: Nam Tran
Cinematographer: Andrew Davies
Producer: Lindsay Barnard
Editor: Sebastian Tibbs
Music: Orchidaceae by REW, Deep Water by Adi Goldstein and Say No More by Julian Hartwell from Artlist.io
I loved the flat. But my favourite part of the video was when the designer said with a flourish, “we installed a big kitchen because the owner loves to cook…” then showed the cupboards and fridge open with only two oranges and some condiments… THAT is the kitchen of a bachelor in central Madrid!
.... and an EMPTY FREEZER...
😂😂😂😂😂
If I lived in a small apartment in a big city, I would also only have a few days of food, because it's what I could carry back from the shop. But the spice rack would be more than 4 items! 😆
It looks like a set about to be dismantled. It doesn’t seem like anyone lives there at all. 😅
How true. It is also not homey. Not lived in. They say he had lived there for a few years before they did it over.
I think this is the first time I have appreciated the use of glass bricks - I can imagine the light from the shower into the living area at night would be truly lovely (a night shot in each video would be a welcome addition). Very clever design in this one.
I loved this apartment for its use of color and uniqueness. I realize it’s not for everyone, but it is beautiful and furniture can be changed or added if needed. Lots of storage that is a real plus
I personally don't like the color of the kitchen - it's like someone couldn't decide if it should be green or yellow.
Could be the lighting.
The desk seems a bit uncomfortable - not practical to do much with. It's a design element where you also can place a laptop - but not much else.
Might be because all seems a bit steril (+a lot of white, that's not broken up 😂)- not really lived in. 🤗
I liked the blue tones, but not much else.
That was a challenging space to begin with. The original dark wooden beams of the slanted walls felt very oppressing - by painting them white and adding skylights it feels much more airy and the additional light enlivens the space. One also has to take into account the climate, during summer you need to counter the heat by creating airflow and using cool colours. Love the colour palette!
The front door being made of glass is the best design decision!
✨✨👌🏼 The only thing is i wouldn't have put wardrobes next to the cooking area because of the smell into the clothes... The mirrors are brilliantly placed, and the tiles from the shower brilliantly settled.
It seems that he rarely cooks.
Among all the meticulous details that made this renovation project a success, there are two major things that really breathed new life into this old attic: the use of various bright colors and mirrors. These two big ideas blended perfectly with other details to give this once old and dark attic a bright and voluminous look, wowing those who see it.
Another element that also played a critical role in making this renovation project a success was the architect's efforts to make the apartment not just livable, but also individual and significant for the owner. The owner works in the film industry, so the architect tried to make the renovated apartment look like a film of Wes Anderson. The owner likes to cook, so the architect tried to carve out a full-size kitchen in this small space. Such efforts to make this place a reflection of the owner's profession and personality are as commendable as the ingenious design.
I saw in the comments that some viewers genuinely disliked the orange chair by the triangular working station. Everyone is different when it comes to tastes and preferences. What one person dislikes could be a gem in another person's eyes. 😉 The owner appears to like that abstract orange chair a lot - it is part of what makes the apartment a reflection of his tastes and preferences.
Thanks for sharing!
I really liked the final result. Three things I would do differently. I would extend the kitchen furniture until the roof to gain space and void dust accumulation over the top; the sitting area doesn’t look comfortable for long hours of work; equip some of the lower cabinets with drawers for better access.
Omg the before is much better and way more homely than the after…
The tiled roof as a backdrop to the balcony is utterly beautiful.... like a waterfall of terracotta. Excellently designed. I am inspired. Thank you.
By getting rid of overpowering, old and oh-so-boring brown, the apartment has been transformed into a White Canvas and become a BEAUTIFUL, "Just" Beautiful, Piece of Art. 🎨
And the location is cherry on top.
Love it!
Thank you Never too small.
this is one of the few exceptions where i liked the before better.
I loved the skylights, the changes to the layout for public and private, and that beautiful kitchen 💛
Loved how Photogenic this place is!
Another brilliant Gon architects renovation.
Love how clean, tranquil this is and the use of color is beautiful. The use of white makes the space feels much larger.
What's the trend with impractical and uncomfortable chairs?
I was thinking the same. 😄
This is an ergonomic chair combined with an ergonomic work desk. LOL
Those Bertioa side chairs are fine when purchased with the seat pads as they have done here. They are classic design, extremely well made, sculptural and transparent in this small space. I agree with the client / architect's choice.
I have had these Bertioa chairs with seat pads for decades & they are fabulous and comfortable. If you look closely at the end the chairs have white seat pads.
they're cute
Loved this design! ❤ As an Hispanic originally from Guatemala, South America, it is so marvelous how this design combines the traditional Terraza-Baldosa floors with modern architecture and design. Love it! ❤ Annndddd..... I want that 'Terraza' 😁
Guatemala is in Central America @MotheNewZealand
There's like one comfortable chair in that house
😂😂😂 the owner justs comes home to have dinner, and goes to bed.
Same as my house. But the way I see it - limited comfy chairs = less sitting still in one position = higher mobility and better long-term outlook in terms of health.
In the future, people do not sit. He is just ready!!!
Agreed. The older I get, the more important it is to have comfortable chairs. My home = comfort. But if it works for him, go for it.
Ornage chair- perfect minimlaism solution- work on the sudy sitting on it and dont put expensive commode in the toilet just leave the hole and take the chair to sit on top of the hole and eject ur business.
Roberto was having the time of his life showing off that apartment - so much smirking! What a great video (and what a fun flat!)
The designers have put a lot of thought into how it would be lit at night, so it would have been nice to have seen a couple of shots after dark!
Well, actually I think that "before" picture of the main space was much more cozy and expressive than "after". The utility of "after" is better, no doubt, but color cheme makes it look a bit like a hospital rather than Wes film. Also lots of mirrors is not that good because they tend to polute by everything and need to be cleaned often. Simply adding skylights and organizing floor plan, storages but not painting everything white would be better solution to keep the soul of the apartement. That's only my opinion, project is good anyway if a person who lives there likes it.
I agree, the original wood colour was amazing, I don´t understand these new trend of doing everything white with spots of extremely vibrant colours... makes everything looks really unpersonal...
Agreed
While it’s not my taste, I love this designer’s vision. His choice of materials and lighting are fantastic.
Wow, what a transformation of an awkward and dark space. Clever design elements, along with generous amounts of natural light and vibrant colours have created this apartment into a stylish home. Probably one of the best you have featured given the restraints the architects had to work with.
I really liked the pure bright light in this home. I loved the pale soft yellow on the kitchen cabinets, it’s beautiful. I liked the clever storage, and the large format floor tiles. I like the use of mirrors but, would use them above head height where possible to still bounce light around, without the distraction of constantly seeing my reflection on multiple walls around my home.
I did not like the desk at all.
Overall, from what it used to look like, I think the transformation was incredible!
I loved the use of the space. Great new layout. It seemed sad to lose the warm wooden floor though! Too many mirrors for my liking. The desk and chair is great art but not very useful as workspace. Overall nicely done.
I feel hurt just looking at those low ceiling columns , my head hurts 😅
I'm a tall person, so I cringed.
I really feel this apartment's environment. Just love it. Light idea with round window and glass bricks are brilliant.
8:32 Roberto casually taking a shower while the crew is filming 😄
one on the best apartments I think!
With the severely slanted roofline I think this design made the most of the space. I love the yellow kitchen cabinets and blue round dining table with pops of orange. The only thing I would change is that I would add two colorful upholstered chairs by the window in the main living room. From what I could see the chair in that space looks uncomfortable and has a towel over it! Great natural lighting throughout. This is a very nice apartment.
It's a weird & challenging space, no question. Some of the decisions make a lot of sense - adding storage in lowest parts of the main room, moving the bedroom, creating an office spot.
But it looks very choppy & uncomfortable, honestly. Nothing to direct the flow; no unifying aesthetics. Lots of missed opportunities .
Normally I hate the white wall effect, but in here it really serves to make the colors pop and feel even more vibrant and impactful. This space looks very elegant!
It looks unreal, like a dollhouse or something. Kinda cute but also strange
Wow. I love the design. Really spacious and has a great flow. Love the kitchen cupboards and the mirrors tricked me. I thought that the cupboards just kept going and going, lol. Great use of space.
Great size... Bright light colours.. just needed a few softer touches..sofas. Cuddle chair .. it can still be classy .. The bedroom needs some warmth... love the skylights definitely adds to the brightness especially with mirrors...
They did the best they could with what they had!
"everything was in the wrong place" . Describes perfectly many of the places I've lived in😢
Another brilliant flat. Personally I wouldn’t want the shower in the bedroom, but what a transformation from the apartment’s previous state. What a terrific home. The colours inspire me.
The use of innovative color choices and well positioned mirrors integrate well with capitalizing on the structure of the sloping ceilings. Excellent idea of how to use the glass blocks for the shower and light dispersal. The NTS videos are an inspiration to me as an artist.
I like the layout, but I really liked the dark wood beams!
"Spend hour and hours reading" on that flimsy chair...yeah... a real dream
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Loved this one! Feels like a balance of a very impactful and curated space without the coldness of living in a gallery or museum.
The space is small, but it feels airy and bright. So different from how it was originally!
I bet it's crazy hot most of the year
a perfect example to having a vision and a creative brief because although i don't personally like the chosen furniture or resulting aesthetic, i respect the commitment to the project!
I really like this and I normally don’t go for bold colours. Good use of an awkward space.
Beautiful space. It gives off such a private cozy feeling. I would definitely be in that patio everyday.
It was transformed in a very unique way. ✨✨
I really liked the aesthetic of this apartment! It feels more spacious than it is
Wow this is fantastico! Love the use of skylights and mirrors making an attic apartment full of light and seemingly spacious. The colours are fun. The light yellow carpentry adds calm. Storage solutions are brilliant. This design is very innovative.
I'm not a fan of chairs in this apartment. But i like the color scheme and the whole interior design in this space.
It's funny I liked the old apartment too. Seems more cosy. The new one looks good, but feels like a student flat. The light is certainly better.
very fun colors
Hermoso! De los mejores que he visto. Me encanta que la fuerza del ojo se va a los colores quedando fuera de campo las lineas de las columnas del techo. ❤
Great renovation of this space…the colour makes me so happy
Wait! How is Roberto doing that coffee?
The flat looks great and way bigger that it is. The desk seems to be made to actually avoid working at home 😆
Maybe his coffee was too strong and he wanted to water it down? Never seen anyone do that before 😂😂
The way it reflects the colorful life and architecture of the city
Spanish designers know the power of the color
Great video ! I love this flat and love the colours ! ❤👍
More like Wes Anderson, I see Kubrick! Love it
More Kubrickian retrofuturism than anything. Especially that orange chair, which looks like it's straight out of A Clockwork Orange.
I just saw your comment after I posted mine! Agreed, this apartment and its colors and style are very Kubrick.
Absolutely stunning! Great use of space. There is an underlying quality to this project that often is missed. The bedroom is a sanctuary. The use of mirrors glass bricks is a key factor. Sometimes ( drenched) colours don't work. Here they do... perfectly. Yes this is an exceptional project and indeed small space Home.
Loved the use of color and the space was incredibly well thought out. I like the minimalist furnishings but I might have opted for something more cozy for sitting on at the desk. I appreciated all the natural light and the fact that the balcony was an integral part of the living design. I could def see myself living there.
Not sold on the mirrored bricks for the shower space where you can see the outline of a naked person from the living area.
The bedroom is too stark white for my personal taste. Easily changed up by some wall art and an earthy coloured throw blanket.
I do like all the storage. Great to see a full size fridge in the kitchen.
agree about bedroom, too white for resting at home
You don't take a shower when people are visiting...and anyway...it's a silhouette...
@@chloeuntrau4588 The glass bricks from the living room could easily be covered with opaque film. The light would still filter through.
He took a shower with a camera facing right at him
It’s Spain. Naked people are of appeal there.
@@Hudpix16If it doesn't have a door, then it needs one, IMO.
One of the best design you promoted - wonderful and unique. Bravo.
super project! you are the best interior designer!!! the client was very lucky
The bedroom feels like a room in an asylum-not the quirky, fun kind, but the eerie, sterile, and unsettling experimental one.
Woa I love this one! Very smart use of the space, the design is functional and looks great! I loveeee those glass bricks
One of your best videos
So nice! Clever use of colors, while not appearing overly designed.
I liked how the floorplan was reconfigured and the amount of space/cabinets offered in the kitchen. I know that the owner really likes his orange chair but from a body mechanics point of view, I am definitely not a fan of the desk/chair set up. Absolutely love the bedroom and the shower. Maybe a lighter colored tile in the main bathroom with the sink and toilet would lighten that area up a bit but I like the ingenuity of it being hidden behind the mirrored panel. I love the outside balcony and overall really like the design. I would probably put something different instead of the chair and the plant, perhaps a unique looking chair to go with the rest of the design and the plant on a plant stand to give the floor a better space.
Amazing job! From the beginning till the last words said. One of the best transformations of tiny apartments ever shown here. 👏🏼
Thoughtful and innovative. Great solutions for more light! Nicely done!
Love the shower that acts as a lantern 😍. The whole design is really nicely done and conceived - but I must say I couldn't live there, just under the roof (which doesn't look insulated?) in Madrid, or at least not in Summer 🥵
Mega cozy apartment, the balcony is the best 🤩
8:22 love this wall tiles colour pallete.😍
No one will convince me that to work Roberto uses that triangular desk is too small XD. I'd never be able to shower with that kind of wall with glass bricks. Anyway the work done on this space is incredible, not to my taste I think it's clear and I also think it's too white, but it's still a great job.
Such a relaxing video… the soundtrack and the architect’s voice nearly sent me to sleep ♥️☺️
Amazing transformation!
This is so intelligently thought-through (and the end result is also beautiful as well as usable).
Always amazed when I see one of these spaces and think that it is the same size as my old studio, which was tiny and dark!
It feels like a high concept Airbnb. I could live there if it were my weekend get-away. And I rented it out the rest of the time. I bet that's what the owner does.
I'm obsessed! it that glass wall/shower, oh boy! would love to see how the play of lights and colors in the evening... what a beauty!
roberto! allowing the glass tiles🔥 just wish there was a door connecting the loo and shower
Nice use of an awkward space! Post-modern furniture is not my taste, but the colors were really nice and lively feeling. It seemed like a big improvement over the original design.
I can feel the joy in this space
No way, I used to live across the road from this apartment!
I could happily live there. Very happily. It’s so calming. It would definitely enhance my day-to-day living experience.
I'm really curious, isn't it considered risky when you show exactly which building and floor the apartment ist?
This apartment is cute.
Cool design!
wish I was this rich and creative
This one has been one of my favourites from this channel
It is the best flat ,i've seen in never too small.
The layout changes, skylights, storage, and bathroom and kitchen are great. I don’t know that I would choose all white finishes. And I would definitely choose different furniture. The built-in desk is too low for the person sitting there, who has to hunch.
Beautiful ! Modern, functional and cool.
I can look past the uncomfy chairs or lack of conformity to Wes Andersonian ideals. But what I can’t look past is why you would put the room you use the most under the lowest part of the roof? The bedroom has a great, high ceiling you don’t have to duck under; why wouldn’t you dedicate this space to (at least some of) the living area? Every time he went to sit down at the table I would flinch 😳 Maybe the ceiling is higher IRL? 🤷♀️
The office space looks very uncomfortable. I also don't understand the shape of the desk. One of the elbow is hanging and other has support on the desk. I have back problems, for me this space for healthy and ergonomic reasons looks like a nightmare.
Agree with you both. As a tall person, the sharply sloped ceiling/roof makes me cringe.
Full of owner's character! Love it~
At first I was not convinced with the colour scheme, but the more I watch it, the more I think I could live in this apartment, the design incorporated what the owner needs. The use of colour makes so much difference, and crate a false image that the space is bigger than it is (in a good way).
One of the best yet
this is brilliant