Location: in the barrio of Monserrat, in Buenos Aires.

Just a half block from the famous Avenida 9 de Julio, this apartment / office was spied by and quickly bought by Paul Guzzardo, with the view to creating a new studio in Buenos Aires for his architectural / design / multimedia projects.

This construction-project blog records the renovation of the “Planta Noble” of this buidling on the street called ” Moreno “.

The two drawings below document alteration 1 and alteration 2 of the “Planta Noble”. The first records the original maddeningly rabbit warren-like residential design; the second is that of a short lived software developer’s office. Iteration 3 follows……….

The plan was to redesign the existing space, open up the whole apartment to create a large, airy open loft style area while retaining two bedrooms and two bathrooms for accommodation and a large open style kitchen for those gourmet occasions.

above photos are wide angle lens shots, click to expand

Renovations carried out by Redevelopers Buenos Aires

Saturdays clean up reveals the floor, hidden after so long…

the new windows admit much more light

looking from the back of the apartment, to the front 

looking from the living to the kitchen 

the last bolquete awaiting removal ! 

Here are the last photos before the place gets its final finish and clean up…

…tomorrow another bolquete will allow the removal of the last load of debris… the result of the destruction of the walls where we increased the size of several windows

Painted shutters and doors await re-hanging

the living room wall, repainted in its original colors

the kitchen walls almost totally replastered and ready for painting

touch-ups and painting in the kitchen

the wood floors, pre-sanding.

And abundant light now enters where windows have been enlarged

Soon, the cardboard on the floors will be removed, the floors polished, the final paint touch-ups carried out and….

you’ll never see this again !

Finishing activity…

Preparing and spraying the shutters

The pink tinted plaster for touch ups is applied where needed

the wood floors revealed, awaiting “pulido” or sanding

one of the new window frames installed, awaiting glass and the wall to be opened 

fine plastering

and finishing parts of the kitchen after new plumbing is installed

The window frames are made and installed ready for the rest of the wall to be opened to lengthen the window to floor level. Below the window, one of the shutters from the front balcony in the process of being repainted.

Window frames are being painted.

New plumbing in the kitchen awaiting rendering.

Bathroom 1 plumbing completed and walls and floor rendered.

Burglar deterrents (we hope) awaiting installation on the balcony.

And the entrance window from outside, before panelling it shut with glass.

The area where we have to work to access that window !

A scaffold-like structure will be built to access the window from the outside.

Some views

towards the kitchen from the open loft and a closer look at the kitchen

looking into the 2nd bathroom 

looking forward from the kitchen area  and   from the lounge area 

from left side to right side of open loft   and  looking back to the lounges 

the bathroom door gets installed    and    the walls rendered in cement 

A half bolquete of debris was removed on Saturday 

Without so much debris, the space looks very large…

Renovation continues

on Saturday a second large “bolquete” of debris and refuse was discarded from the apartment