Casa Palerm is as an extension of a rural hotel in the countryside of Mallorca. It is a new independent building, close to the original, which functions as a small holiday home. The project follows a discreet architecture, being integrated within its surrounding environment and performing efficiently, both economically and energetically.
The program is resolved in one level with a compact and elongated volume with pitched roof. The intended width allows to use low-cost beams and structure with no columns. The layout, parallel to the slope of the terrain, allows all the rooms to enjoy views of the countryside and Tramontana mountains towards the north and take advantage of the south sun. This arrangement also favours crossed ventilations, natural lighting and the thermoregulation of the house.
Transversely, the volume is perforated by an imaginary box creating a central hole, the living. On the floor, a concrete tongue creates terraces on each side of the living space, both enlarging and connecting it to the landscape. On the ceiling, a wattle pergola crosses the hollow space and expands on both sides.
On the south terrace, the concrete tongue ends with a bench, from where one can view the framed landscape through the big opening that intentionally has a panoramic format with a Cinemascope proportion (2.66:1). This ratio evokes the personal imagery that bring us back to old movie theatres. Thus, from the south terrace we can watch the living as the stage of everyday life with the landscape as a backdrop.
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