The restored concrete structure is now insulated and re-engineered, dramatically improving interior comfort and environmental performance.

A fixed window grid is replaced with sliding and stacking glass doors, that open the middle living level up to the garden, views and breezes. A large air-conditioning plant was removed from lower-ground and the space converted into two bedrooms, opening to the central courtyard.

Interior geometries are softened and streamlined with built-in furnishing elements and textural materials echoing the original 70s palette: cork, wool, timber and brass. Linking the past to the present, are the deep red tiles, a colour match for original tiles unearthed in the reconstruction.

Text provided by the architect.