BELÉN 3

Location
Madrid

Status
In Design

Scope
Interior Design, FF&E, Styling

Project Director
Lorea Domínguez

Design Team
Ana Martín de Castro

CD Supervisor
Jhan Chavarría

General Contractor

Inner XXI

Renders

Flip

In Madrid, architecture is rarely encountered in isolation.

Buildings belong to a larger urban memory—one written through façades, balconies, courtyards, ornamental plasterwork and the particular proportions of the city’s residential architecture. For Cuaik | CDS, intervening in this context begins with an understanding that renovation is not an act of replacement, but of continuity.

Historic character becomes the point of departure: existing geometries, decorative elements and architectural proportions are preserved and amplified, while new layers bring the building into contemporary life.

This project extends across the interiors of an existing residential building, encompassing its communal spaces and amenities, rooftop and model apartment.

Rather than imposing a singular contemporary language upon the original architecture, the intervention establishes a dialogue between what was inherited and what is introduced.

Throughout the communal interiors, materiality becomes the connective tissue. Timber, veined stone, woven textures, bronze-toned metalwork and softly illuminated surfaces recur in different registers, giving the building a recognizable identity without making every room feel alike.

Elsewhere, the gym, yoga room and wellness areas shift toward lighter woods, natural stone and a quieter palette, creating spaces centered on ritual, restoration and wellbeing.

The spa and hydrotherapy spaces, in particular, explore a softer expression of luxury. Stone surfaces are paired with vertical timber detailing, warm indirect illumination and tactile textiles.

The atmosphere is deliberately residential rather than institutional—a retreat embedded within the building itself. Even highly functional spaces are conceived through material warmth and proportion, reinforcing the idea that wellbeing is part of the architecture rather than an amenity added to it.

The rooftop opens this relationship outward. Here the architecture recedes and Madrid becomes the protagonist: planting frames long views across the surrounding rooftops, while dining and lounge areas establish an elevated domestic landscape beneath the open sky.

The apartment unfolds as a study in quiet sophistication and material continuity. Rich walnut joinery, softly textured walls, veined stone and tailored textiles establish a warm architectural rhythm, while subtle references to classical detailing anchor the interiors in the character of the original building.