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III DESIGN CONTEST
INTERIOR DESIGN
THE WINNING PROFESSIONAL PROJECT HONOURABLE MENTION
mLH3
RIVER
The River project, winner of the 3rd Edition
of the Porcelanosa Design Contest, is based
on a small separate loft of 70 m 2 built over a
riverbed which includes a large hydraulic wheel
that supplies energy.
The house is divided into lounge, bedroom,
kitchen-diner, bathroom and terrace. The kitchen
is at 30 centimetres below the general level of
the loft, and the bedroom 30 centimetres above,
which also helps to adequately differentiate the
spaces.
The large wheel, glazed and placed inside
the house, becomes a dominant element and
provides the bedroom with a certain privacy from
the rest of the house.
The exterior facade is covered in two kinds
of granite, sunset and coal, so as to enhance
the different zones from the very outside. From
bathroom to kitchen, the loft features products
from the Group, like the shower tray made in
Krion.
The Honourable Mention in the Professional
category of the 3rd Edition of Porcelanosa
Design Contest has gone to the Project MLH3,
an isolated single-family house-garden, although
its rectangular shapes allow, by changing the
position of the garden, to join it with a multi-family
building. The control of natural light is outstanding,
like the separation of the cleared space that turns
translucent and allows a homogenous artificial
lighting (a face in Krion with high content in
retro reflective polyester). The face supports the
furniture associated to the living room, dining
room and kitchen; the garden is raised and
transforms itself to shelter the house’s movable
furniture – furniture belonging to a collection of
regular, mobile pieces, made in Krion and teak.
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