"When we visited the site for the first time we were struck by the resolute horizontality of the land and the clean lines that the walls struck around the perimeter. Our ambition was to create a house which had a sense of place defined, not just by Mallorca or Pollenca, but by this piece of land. We therefore chose to build a lower single storey house which was open in plan and extended into the landscape.To reduce the apparent scale of the house we split it into three separate volumes for sleeping,
living and kitchen/ dining, each a different size to accommodate the different uses."
All three of these volumes are tilted up to the north to provide shade from the sun and allow soft light into the plan of the house through clerestory windows. The volumes also step in plan to introduce light and open up views from the main activity rooms.
The three mono-pitch volumes make a nod to the simple stone-built traditional agricultural barns in the area.
Scale is very important in the house. All the glass doors and windows are 2.7m high, which is the typical height of a ceiling in an office building. This gives a sense of generosity which you will have to experience first-hand.
The walls around the land were built of stone and so we have built the house completely from the same material. In this way it acknowledges Mallorcan tradition and beds effortlessly into the landscape. This stone is also used internally on the main walls so that this sense of place flows into the house itself. The interior is not decorated but is rather the product of material, space and light.
