Designer Chiara Ferrari has transformed a former leather factory in Mallorca into a minimalist mixed-use scheme
is better known for its beach resorts and hilltop villages than for industrial buildings, but head inland to the foot of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains and you will find Inca, ‘the city of leather’, where shoemaking workshops and factories have prospered since the 19th century. It is here that designer Chiara Ferrari has found the perfect space to create her live/work studio space.
The scheme unites the entire building in Ferrari’s signature clean minimalism, neutral colour tones and bespoke details, while at the same time divides it into two discrete areas in terms of function. Upstairs is Ferrari’s home, with a living area, study, bedroom, bathroom and laundry room, as well as a terrace, while the ground floor was conceived as a workshop and gallery space, suitable as a creative studio, centre for cultural events and makers’ facility.
With the help of local practice AR3 Arquitectos, walls and slab sections were removed to open up the interiors and create a spacious, pared-down feel defined by light colours and strategic lighting throughout. The interiors feature key materials including locally produced tiles by
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