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BOGOTÁ KITCHEN EXTENSION

"An architect is a draughtsman of dreams"

GRACE MC GARVIE

American Sociologist 

In the old kitchen space -with 4.97 m2- the preparation, cleaning and cooking areas were too difficult_cc3198d_cc3198d_was too -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_las labores  daily for cooking.

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It was decided to expand the kitchen by demolishing a wall that separated it from a 4 m2 studio- which was relocated to the mezzanine of the second _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-1536d_badpiso5.cf-1538d_bad In the old studio, a black granite bar/island  was built  with a low cabinet and a generous oven tower that allowed -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ expand the kitchen to almost 9 m2

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Thanks   a this bar/island allows visual contact with the dining room area allowing the visual and social union of the kitchen that previously it was disconnected and hidden from the others apartment spaces.

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To guarantee the privacy of the main bedroom, a wall was built a wall in  glass block, reinforced with 680 PSI iron rods mm welded to a frame of 9 * 9 cm iron tubes connected to the lower and upper plates, guaranteeing the correct union of the non-structural elements to the framed structure of the building.

 

Visually this glass block wall complements and contrasts perfectly with the black counter that has a hierarchy undeniable in the composition.

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