{"id":374231,"date":"2025-12-29T02:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374231\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T02:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:04:12","slug":"tabula-studio-combines-red-floors-and-trompe-loeil-details-in-bilbao-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374231\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabula Studio combines red floors and trompe l’oeil details in Bilbao office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bilbao<\/a> architecture office Tabula Studio has designed its own workspace<\/a> and showroom in the Basque city, featuring an eclectic mix of colours and surface finishes that represent the practice’s playful approach.<\/p>\n

Tabula Studio<\/a> completely refurbished a former consultancy office to create an open-plan space that showcases various surface materials and interior products by local brands, for which the studio serves as a distributor.<\/p>\n

\"EntranceTabula Studio has designed its own office in Bilbao<\/p>\n

The office is situated on the first floor of a traditional building in the heart of Bilbao’s Ensanche district, close to the Isozaki Towers and the Jardines de Albia.<\/p>\n

Tabula Studio founder Nerea Apraiz was attracted to the building’s high ceilings, French windows and a bay window that provides a strong visual connection with the surrounding urban context.<\/p>\n

\"MeetingIt features bold red floors that extend into the meeting room<\/p>\n

Her main aim was to create a functional space that reflects the studio’s eclectic approach and love of colour, as well as fulfilling the functions of both a workspace and display area.<\/p>\n

“We wanted a place that would also act as a showroom, a ‘step inside and see’ kind of space, full of textures, finishes and unexpected solutions,” Apraiz told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“We feel comfortable with eclecticism, because we do not believe in labels and because each project is a unique creative challenge,” she added. “That same diversity, that freedom of expression, had to be reflected in our workspace.”<\/p>\n

\"KitchenThe kitchen island is framed by pillars clad in corrugated galvanised metal<\/p>\n

The office was previously divided into a waiting room, two large workspaces and two toilets. The new layout accommodates five workstations and a meeting room that is separated from the main space by a glazed partition.<\/p>\n

The main office space features a cement floor in a bold red shade that creates a continuous surface everywhere except in the entrance hall and the kitchen, where the studio used a stained oak board from Berry Alloc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"KitchenOne of the pillars is structural and the other decorative<\/p>\n

According to Apraiz, the vermillion hue represents “pure energy \u2013 a vibrant, warm colour that activates the space and fills it with vitality”.<\/p>\n

The red flooring extends into the meeting room located at one end of the office, where a table with an irregular triangle shape from Italian manufacturer Miniforms<\/a> was chosen to optimise the geometry of the space.<\/p>\n

\"WoodenThe bathrooms are concealed behind a glazed-tile wall<\/p>\n

One of the walls in the meeting room features a custom-made drawing by Apraiz that was milled into the five-metre-long panelling and is illuminated by an LED strip concealed in a curved coving.<\/p>\n

A kitchen incorporated into the office functions as a showcase for several brands the studio works with, including Logos Kitchens and Pando appliances.<\/p>\n

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Here, a large, three-metre-long island topped with a worktop from Spanish brand Cosentino<\/a> is framed by two pillars clad in corrugated galvanised metal.<\/p>\n

One of the pillars conceals an existing structural column, while the other is described by Apraiz as a “trompe l’oeil”, serving no function but to add a sense of symmetry and playful irony.<\/p>\n

\"ViewThey feature surfaces and products from brands distributed by Tabula Studio<\/p>\n

“The column’s metallic finish, with its reflections and industrial texture, brings strength and dynamism to the whole,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We like the space to have a sense of humour, too, because we believe humour is as valuable an ingredient as technique or creativity in any architectural project.”<\/p>\n

The office’s two toilets were redesigned to showcase various surface materials and fittings that Tabula Studio offers its clients, providing an opportunity for visitors to experience these products firsthand.<\/p>\n

\"BathroomThe bathrooms feature sinks in different colours<\/p>\n

The bathrooms are concealed behind a glazed-tile wall that incorporates hidden doors. Apraiz described the deep-green hue of the tiles as one of the studio’s signature colours.<\/p>\n

“Green has been very present throughout our journey, and it is also deeply rooted in this land,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

“Euskadi [the Basque Country] is mountains, enveloping nature, even if in Bilbao we sometimes lose sight of it. For us, it was essential to introduce it as a chromatic symbol.”<\/p>\n

\"EntranceA leaf-patterned textile was used to clad the partition wall around the entrance<\/p>\n

The entrance hall leading to the studio space is also clad in full-height lacquered green panels that conceal key utilities. A partition wall framing the entrance is covered with a leaf-patterned textile from Arte International<\/a> that adds a further natural detail.<\/p>\n

Apraiz told Dezeen that the office functions as a joyful and comfortable workspace, while also immersing visitors in a sensory environment that allows them to explore a range of finishes, textures and colours.<\/p>\n

“The space gives us freedom, it pushes us to create, and we believe our clients can feel that energy too,” she claimed. “It is a living place, where architecture is experienced, not just conceived.”<\/p>\n

\"TabulaNerea Apraiz founded Tabula Studio in 2024<\/p>\n

Tabula Studio works predominantly on renovation projects in Bilbao, combining a focus on functionality and aesthetics with material analysis and a knowledge of local suppliers and artisans.<\/p>\n

Other vibrant interiors in the city that have been featured on Dezeen include a pink-heavy apartment renovation by architecture studio Azab<\/a> and Masquespacio’s colour-block student housing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Erlantz Biderbost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bilbao architecture office Tabula Studio has designed its own workspace and showroom in the Basque city, featuring an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,29951,49,48,356,75,51142,1439,49626,51145,105798,7413],"class_list":["post-374231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-bilbao","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-office-interiors","tag-red","tag-sectionall","tag-sectioninteriors","tag-self-designed-studios","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}