Excerpt: Villa Amonita Lanzarote, an interior design project by OOOOX, features a renovation that combines the island’s national colors of white and green. The redesign aimed to add more rooms while maintaining the spaciousness of the house. Minimal interventions included merging the living room, kitchen, and dining areas, adding large windows, and replacing original surfaces. Local materials were used as accents, and concrete partitions were added for wind protection and privacy.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] The assignment (or the architects’ wish) was to find and renovate one of the Lanzarote houses while respecting the “national” colors of Lanzarote – i.e. white and green. On this Canary Island, there are very strict regulations regarding building height, building density and, above all, its color. Thanks to this, the whole island seems very harmonious – only white architecture set in a lava-black landscape and greenery in the form of palm trees. This combination became the central motif of the entire interior.
Author of the original project is local DISEÑO LANZAROTE. The architects conceived the renovation of the villa from 2000 as a partial modification of the layout with the aim of creating more bedrooms. Originally, the villa served the couple alone and all the spaces were ridiculously spacious. For this renovation, the architects opted for minimal interventions out of caution. Airiness was added to the bathroom with large-format glazing, offering views of the garden. The living space was reduced, and the living room was combined with the kitchen and dining room. On the upper floor, there is now a yoga studio and a rooftop sun deck with an outdoor shower. The interior living area was connected to an outdoor terrace, where a long concrete dining table and seating were installed under a pergola by the lava wall. An outdoor barbecue kitchen was also created in this part. The living terrace adjoins the garden with the swimming pool.
The architects decided to change all the original surfaces of the floors and walls. They removed inappropriate materials, such as wooden floors, which were completely unsuitable for the local environment, as the wood would get wet. They replaced the tile with white concrete floors and white paint. In the bathroom, green tiles were installed on the walls. Local lava stones were used as accents, serving as a counter support in the bathroom and as a visual wall on the terrace. Newly built partitions made of concrete blocks were added to both terraces, providing wind protection and serving as an optical barrier for the bathrooms.
It is very advantageous in terms of energy, it has no special requirements for heating or cooling. The climate of the island is almost constant throughout the year. Heating is only additional in the form of a fireplace in the living room. Cooling is not necessary for most of the year and the house is naturally ventilated, only for extreme temperatures, which are exceptional on the island; the bedrooms are equipped with air conditioning. Water heating is ensured by solar heating on the roof of the house. All building materials are locally produced, most of the furniture, especially large pieces, is bought directly on the island. Local contractors were used for all the work, resulting in an incredible series of adventures. Only vintage furniture and some accessories were imported from the Czech Republic, as the offer on the island is very limited.
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