Casa Borne
An eleven-residence restoration anchored within the masonry rhythm of El Born.
The project is held to a single material discipline.
A late-nineteenth century building re-articulated by Estudi Marès. The structural envelope is preserved; the interior plan is rebuilt around a central courtyard reintroduced as a vertical light condition. Material decisions are constrained to lime plaster, oak and brushed travertine, held consistently across the eleven residences.
The brief required restraint at every scale, from the joinery of a single window reveal to the proportion of the volume against its neighbours. The design avoids gesture; continuity is achieved through repetition, not variation. Each decision was resolved on the project's own terms rather than against a house style.
Construction is operated under a single internal project authority. Programme, cost and quality are tracked against the original brief, and no residence enters the operating portfolio outside its delivery parameters.
Material & spatial system
Residences
Structured for fifteen-year ownership horizons.
The development is held within the group's long-term portfolio structure. Residences are released individually under a controlled allocation process, and yield projections are based on the prevailing institutional rental band for the district.
Investment terms are issued individually following inquiry. Group-managed asset operations are available as an optional structure for the duration of the holding horizon.