Es Caló, Formentera, Balearic Islands – Spain

A residential summer complex is planned in a pine forest on the island of Formentera. In the three houses that comprise it, an attempt is made to respond to a multipurpose program typical of this residential typology, prioritizing functionality and the obligation to incorporate elements typical of traditional Balearic architecture.

The different independent houses are developed in independent volumes of a plant with passable flat roof and a clear separation between the night area and the open day area and distributed on different levels.

The access and exit porches to the back garden from the living space favor the interior-exterior relationship. The facades are made up of holes of rectangular proportion, the voids of the shadow spaces as well as the stairs to climb to the roof and access the lower levels of the garden from the back porch. The finish of the facades as in the vernacular architecture of the island is based on white lime, dry stone is used in the urbanization of the common areas, the walls and wooden beams seen and stubble pavement on all floors. The bathrooms have deep yellow hydraulic tiling. In all rooms of the house it is decided to carry out most of the furniture, integrating it into the volumetry of the different spaces.