Located in one of the most iconic and prestigious building in Valencia, Spain, this recently renovated apartment by Valencia-based practice Balzar Arquitectos impresses with its abstract minimalism and sculptural fluidity. Built in the early 1970s as the epitome of luxurious living by the late Spanish architect Antonio Escario in collaboration with José Vives and José Antonio Vidal, Torre de Ripalda is a 16-storey tower block locally known as ‘La Pagoda’ due to its tiered configuration, hexagonal shape and protruding corners. The building’s unique polygonal shape may have ensured its status as a city landmark but it also presented quite a challenge when it came to reconfiguring the three-bedroom apartment’s layout. Faced with diagonal walls, obtuse angles and numerous structural columns throughout, the architects came up with a unique design that sculpturally merges different structural and built-in elements into a cohesive sequence of spaces.

位于西班牙巴伦西亚最具标志性和声望的建筑之一，这间最近由巴伦西亚的实践公司巴尔扎尔阿尔克特托斯翻修的公寓以其抽象的极简主义和雕塑的流动性给人留下了深刻的印象。作为已故西班牙建筑师安东尼奥·埃斯卡里奥(Antonio Escario)与何塞·维夫斯(JoséVives)和何塞·安东尼奥·维达尔(JoséAntonio Vdar)合作的豪华生活的缩影，里帕尔达(Torre De Ripalda)是一座16层楼高的塔楼，在当地被称为“拉塔”(La Pagoda)。该建筑独特的多边形形状可能确保了它作为一个城市地标的地位，但它也提出了相当大的挑战，当涉及到重新配置的三居室公寓布局。面对角墙，钝角和众多的结构柱，建筑师提出了一个独特的设计，雕塑融合不同的结构和内置的元素，形成一个连贯的空间序列。

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图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

The architects’ sculptural approach is exemplified in the design of the open-plan living area that incorporates the living room, dining room, kitchen and study. Unified by the all-white colour palette for the walls and ceiling, and the sumptuous texture of the timber floorboards extending throughout, the aforementioned areas are discretely delineated by a series of sculptural interventions that cleverly also serve a practical purpose: the lounge and dining area are perceptually separated by a curvaceous ceiling volume that also conceals a structural beam, the kitchen is delimited by a built-in counter that extends into the space, while a translucent partition demarcates the former balcony, now the study, is integrated into a structure that both supports the desk and hides two steel columns.

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

The private quarters, which are accessed through a corridor and separated from the living area by a sliding door that conveniently disappears into the wall, share the same design sensibility of built-in functionality. Governed by a minimalist aesthetic, the austere décor further enhances the perception of the apartment as a continuous sculptural form, the abstract plasticity of which is made all the more glorious by the abundant daylight filtering in courtesy of the building’s faceted façade that wraps itself all around the apartment.

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

Photo by David Zarzoso.

图片来源：David Zarzoso。

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