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 — lime plaster, oak, brushed travertine — and 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.