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NN06
NN06 is a set of objects and interventions to transform an office into a house.
Without modifying the previously existing configuration of a former office in northern Madrid, the surface coverings of ceilings, floors and walls are removed to leave a raw base on which to act. This defines the massive, solid part of the project: the building. On the other hand a series of objects that look for openings and holes to fit in, that hang from the load-bearing walls or rest on the hard surfaces appear. This defines the light, removable part of the project: the furniture.
The word furniture comes from the latin word mobilis, meaning that which can be transported. Roman law already defined goods in two main categories: movable (tools, clothing, furniture, instruments, etc.) and non-movable (land, constructions, etc.). Based on this distinction appears the maxim Res mobilis, res vilis, in english something similar to the movable thing is a useless thing. NN06 targets this useless aspect, to become a set of furniture and plug-ins focused on the potential activity of the house. A kind of support structures that enable the inhabitants to live in this space.
These objects are divided into two large families, distinguished by their materiality: wooden or metallic. The blue coated metal elements hang structurally from the walls, without touching the ground. The main element is a metal "T"-shaped bookshelf located in the center of the house, which is suspended a few cm above the ground, hanging between the load-bearing walls of the building. Apart from its function as a shelf, this element becomes a totem around which the different uses of the house are arranged. Formally it resembles the structural composition of the building, simulating an added structural element; a dysfunctional appendix. The rest of the metallic elements are a gate that separates a work space from the rest of the common space, a minibar, an interior shutter to isolate the kitchen and an exercise beam: plug-ins that allow the inhabitants to use the hard spaces in different ways.
The wooden elements, on the other hand, rest on the pre-existing floors, which were treated to loose their superficial coatings, recovering a raw, structural character. The most intimate areas of the house, bedrooms and living room, are equipped with plywood platforms, slightly elevated above the hard floors, supported on wooden slats, similar to a tatami or tablao. These elements can be easily removed when leaving the house, just like the rest of the interventions that conform the mobile heritage of the inhabitants. NN06 seeks to strengthen the value of the movable as opposed to the static assets; it seeks to reinforce the habitability of a space based on a constellation of support elements that assist its inhabitants in their daily activities.
NN06
住宅
「NN06」住宅是一處以家具單品和設計行為介入，將辦公室改造為住宅的表現。本案座落於馬德里北部，前身為辦公室，團隊保留原有空間布局，僅移除天花板、地板與牆壁的表層塗裝，留下未經修飾的壁面，用以定義、展現，此建築本身偌大厚實的一面。除此之外，設計師在承重牆上找到原有的開口和孔洞，將各種物件嵌入、懸掛於上，或放置於堅實表面上，打造出住宅中可輕盈移動的物件，也就是家具。
之所以有這樣的設計想法，是因為「家具」一詞源自於拉丁文「mobilis」，意為可運送之物。羅馬法律將物品分為兩大類：可移動者（工具、衣服、家具、樂器等），及無法移動者（土地、建築物等等）。羅馬的格言「Res mobilis, res vilis」即源自於這種區別，意思大略是：能動之物，乃無用之物。NN06便鎖定了這些「無用」層面，創造出一系列家具與插件，供住宅內可能產生的活動行為應用，成為室內的支持性結構，讓居住者能在此這空間生活。
這些「無用」的物件，依照材料特性分成兩大類：木製或金屬製。整座住宅最引人矚目的物件是那道從牆上懸掛的T型金屬書架，漆成藍色的金屬結構，懸浮於地面上方，位居住宅中心，除了是收納，也是家的一幅圖騰元素。室內的不同機能皆以此為中心來安排。以空間型態來看，這座T型金屬書架類似建築物的結構，宛如新增的結構元素，但卻不具有實質上的結構機能。其他金屬元素尙包括區隔工作空間與其他起居空間的門、迷你酒吧、分隔廚房的室內拉門，以及運動用橫槓：這些插件讓居住者能以不同方式，利用閒置空間。
另一方面，木製原料則是置於原有的地板上，而地面經過處理，除去原覆面，恢復不加修飾的結構特色。住宅內最與人親密互動的區域為臥室與客廳，此空間皆放上以合板製成的平台，略高於堅實地坪，由木板支撐，有點類似榻榻米或佛朗明哥舞舞台（tablao）。這些元素和其他介入手法一樣，很容易從此宅中移除，符合居住者的生活特質。NN06嘗試強化可動性的價值，與靜止的物件恰恰相對，協助居住者集結日常生活的所需資源，強化空間適宜居住的特性。
