## Raúl Sánchez inserts A new layer within a 19th-century narrative In Mataró, near **Barcelona**, **Spain**, architect **Raúl Sánchez** **reworks** La Casa del Pirata, a **residence** shaped by the life of 19th century privateer Manuel Cuyás, inserting a precise contemporary layer within its richly ornamented interiors. The intervention focuses on the main domestic rooms, where painted ceilings, decorative wallpapers, and inherited portraits are retained, allowing the historical atmosphere of the residence to remain fully present. The project is organized around a stainless **steel** plinth that runs along the perimeter of the rooms, thickening to accommodate seating, desks, storage, and technical systems. Rather than introducing multiple elements, this unified structure consolidates the contemporary layer into one readable move. Its reflective surface captures fragments of the existing interiors, establishing a dialogue between the polished and the aged, the precise and the irregular.…