Ismael Medina Manzano has designed the interiors of Unplanned Domestic Prototype, a radical exploration of domestic space in Usurbil, Spain.

Unplanned Domestic Prototype [PROT/USRBL/SE08] critically reimagines a 60 square-metre, post-war apartment, challenging standardised housing norms with a flexible, evolving design.

A glazed ceramic curved wall disrupts rigidity, integrating storage and fluid spatial organisation, where mobile furniture, co-existant materialities and ecological entanglements challenge standardisation and reconfigure the way humans inhabit.

Locally sourced materials – San Sebastián sandstone, repurposed granite, and recycled elements – anchor this project in its cultural and ecological context.

Mobile furnishings adapt to diverse social interactions, fostering a dynamic domestic landscape.

More than a renovation, this project proposes a new model of inhabitation – one that embraces material histories, spatial flexibility and the evolving needs of contemporary life.

This project has been longlisted in the residential interior (small) category of Dezeen Awards 2025.

Studio: Medina Manzano Architects
Project: Unplanned Domestic Prototype