Chaos Rules In Unplanned Domestic Prototype, Ismael Medina Manzano deforms an apartment to refuse the regulation of life By Kelly Pau • April 9, 2025 • Interiors, International (Courtesy Hiperfocal) SHARE In Spain in the 1960s, the market was opening up to international trade. Economic liberalism and modern industrialization were brought forth from the Stabilization Plan of 1959. Homes thus followed suit, embodying the optimization and efficiency of industrialism to become compartmentalized, minimal homes that serve objective functionality and the nuclear family. An apartment in Guipuzcoa came from this era, but its layout no longer remains so. Architect Ismael Medina Manzano, who splits his time between Spain and New York, transformed the apartment into a cacophony of materials and color, stitched together by rough-hewn portals. The project, dubbed Unplanned Domestic Prototype, is an experiment that asks: What does a home look like when it’s not regulated or dictated by policy, the market, or any singular ways of life? Fluidity is key. Manzano converted the 861-square-foot apartment from three bedrooms to two with a large entrance hall-cum-dressing room, two bathrooms, and an open living room and kitchen. But the floorplan, both visually and conceptually, doesn’t adhere to static functions. Read more about the apartment on aninteriormag.com. ApartmentsSpain