INTERIOR

Mejía Lequerica

This project is a large and luminous space in a late 19th century building in the Justicia district of Madrid in which sobriety and colour have been combined. Ricardo de la Torre chose it for its light and spaciousness. It used to be the office of a publishing house, with lots of small rooms, typical of old flats, so almost all the walls were removed so there were no corridors, and the ceilings were extended and raised.

The result was a 220 square metre house in which the kitchen is the link between the public area, where the living-dining room is, and the private area, where the master bedroom with its dressing room is. During the work, the radiators, the exterior carpentry and the pine flooring were maintained, and on the ceilings he created mouldings reproducing those of the building's doorway.

De la Torre opted for a greenish-white tone on the walls to create a sober box, which is particularly noticeable in the discreet living room cupboard that hides the television and other belongings, and he gradually livened it up with designs. The sofa is also his own work, as is the black and white marble kitchen floor, the gas fireplace and the glass coffee table in the living room, which he made to match the art decoe marble.

Where he has put more of himself has been in the hall, mixing references to Anish Kapoor's sculptures in the mirrored bathroom door, designed as if it were a spaceship, with others to Star Wars in the ceiling fresco, in which characters from the galactic franchise such as Chewbacca or Darth Vader slip into a scene inspired by Michelangelo.

The rest of the interior design is the result of his passions and personal experience.