Restoration and Extension of a House in Madrid Street, Bucharest
2021-2025Residential Restoration and Extension of a House in Madrid Street, Bucharest
2021 – 2025 / Residential / Restoration and extension of a House in Madrid Street, Bucharest
Location: Madrid Street, no. 6, Bucharest, Romania
Architecture: E+EA – Mihai Ene, Adela Ene
Client: Valentin Constantinof
Structure: Dinamic Proiect Consult – Sorin Pavăl
Photography: Iulius Cristea
Restoration, and extension of a single-family home on Madrid Street, Bucharest
The project involved the restoration, consolidation and extension of a Neo-Romanian-style single-family home built in the early 1930s, featuring a basement, ground floor, first floor, and attic, located in Protected Built Area No. 48 – Filipescu Subdivision.
At the start of the works, the building was in an advanced state of degradation and had undergone alterations to its floor plan configuration that had occurred at various stages of its existence. Thus, an essential aspect of the entire intervention was to carry out a consolidation that was as non-intrusive as possible, coupled with an improvement in the energy performance of the entire building envelope. At the same time, preserving or restoring the original materials and architectural details, as well as the geometry of the roof structure, was a constant concern throughout the entire design and construction supervision process.
The works initially required the demolition of a detached, parasitic structure with no architectural value, which opened up the property and created the possibility of designing an outdoor courtyard. From a functional standpoint, several alterations were made to the interior space, all aimed at refunctionalizing the building and adapting it to the new living scenario for a family with three children. The conversion of the uninhabitable attic space into a loft, as well as two small extensions in the form of an entrance structure and a covered terrace, completed the project. These additions to the original volume were executed entirely in wood and conceived in a contemporary visual language, yet respectful of the existing architecture, relying on a subtle contrast between stages, which facilitates an understanding of the house’s evolution over time.