Casa Milà Apartments: Free Plan and Comfort

La Pedrera’s apartments were designed for comfort and adaptability. Load-bearing walls are minimized; columns and beams enable free plans that can merge or subdivide rooms.

Everyday Innovations

• Ventilation: cross-breezes through aligned doors and windows.
• Light: borrowed light from courtyards and transoms.
• Acoustics: materials tuned to soften noise.

Room Typologies

• Salon: social pivot; connects to dining.
• Bedrooms: privacy gradient from courtyard.
• Kitchen: efficient circulation and venting.
• Baths: early modern fixtures for hygiene.

Museum Apartment Highlights

• Period Furniture: authentic typologies and craft.
• Kitchen + Bath: fixtures showing early modern conveniences.
• Decorative Arts: wallpapers, tapestries, and painted ceilings.

The apartment is a time capsule: domestic life, refined.

Comfort Checklist

• Ventilation paths clear
• Daylight balanced
• Acoustics softened
• Storage integrated