House in Son Espanyolet

Son Espanyolet

Palma

2024

RESPECTFUL CONTINUATION AND A QUIET PROVOCATION

Tucked into the quiet rhythm of Son Espanyolet, a traditional neighborhood in Palma known for its low-density fabric and modest, rational façades, this house sits as both a respectful continuation and a quiet provocation. The architecture emerges from a synthesis of pragmatism and aesthetic intent—a deliberate tension that plays out in every corner, material, and void.

This house aligns with the context through its volume and scale but reinterprets the language through vertical

Materiality becomes a language of economy and honesty. The walls are rendered in a thick lime plaster, rough and textured, not for ornament but for pragmatism—a material both traditional and cost-efficient, grounding the house in local building customs.

The ceilings are left raw: exposed concrete slabs show the memory of the formwork, adding an industrial sensibility that contrasts yet harmonizes with the warmth of the plaster. Steel frames and untreated wood complete the palette, forming a restrained yet rich composition of surfaces.

It is a house where pragmatism meets poetry, where light is both a tool and a subject, and where architecture becomes the silent mediator between the traditions of Son Espanyolet and the evolving language of contemporary living.

The architecture emerges from a synthesis of pragmatism and aesthetic intent—a deliberate tension that plays out in every corner, material, and void.

This duality—between refinement and rawness, small and large, open and intimate—becomes the conceptual core of the house. It does not shout its presence in the neighborhood, but rather hums with quiet confidence