A Former Warehouse in Madrid Becomes a Colorful and Adaptable Apartment

To create an apartment that can adapt to the demands of its inhabitants both short- and long-term, Madrid-based BURR Studio started with an empty warehouse. According to the firm, the resulting dwelling, dubbed María Guerrero—or MG08 for short—is an "architectural intervention capable of being subdivided into different units, depending on the needs of its tenants."

To divide the interiors into two individual units, a partition wall can be implemented as a physical and acoustic barrier. Creating separation allows the residents to rent out the additional space or house guests. "The model can evolve parallel to the economic or spatial needs of the inhabitants, so that the space can be unified into a single unit for a period of time, or become two independent spaces again in the future," note the architects.