Interview · p. 48
"I design the stair first."
Marta Ruiz founded her practice in Barcelona in 2017 after eight years in larger offices. We asked her ten questions; here are five.
- Why do you start with the stair?
- Because it's the only room everyone in the house uses every day. If the stair is generous and full of light, the rest of the house follows.
- What does a small practice do better?
- Listen. I meet every client and every builder myself, and I'm on site every week.
- Which project are you proudest of?
- Forty social homes on a narrow street in Poblenou. Every flat has two orientations and a balcony big enough for a table.
- What do you read?
- Novels with good descriptions of houses, and building regulations — honestly, both are useful.
- What's next?
- A small library in a village in the Pyrenees, and a chair I've been redrawing for three years.