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Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre

Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre
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Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre

 

 

Casa Palerm is a simple yet powerful project where guests can immerse themselves in Mallorcan life—both in its landscape and its architecture—while enjoying all the comforts of everyday living and the leisure spaces it offers.

Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre

 

 

Casa Palerm is a simple yet powerful project where guests can immerse themselves in Mallorcan life—both in its landscape and its architecture—while enjoying all the comforts of everyday living and the leisure spaces it offers.

On the south terrace, the concrete tongue ends in a continuous marés bench (a local sandstone) from which the landscape can be observed framed through the large opening, as if it were a cinema screen, since the proportions of the opening resemble those of the old Cinemascope format (2.66:1).
In contrast, on the north side, the terrace functions as a podium (above the cistern that collects rainwater) from which to contemplate the views and the swimming pool, which is located on a platform parallel to the house at a lower level.
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The house adopts an aesthetic characteristic of traditional Mallorcan architecture. The application of typical construction details and traditional elements, together with the use of natural and local materials such as wood, rustic lime mortar render, ceramic roof tiles, marés stone, and cane lattice (cañizo), contributes to its integration with the surroundings as well as to a kilometre-zero approach.

Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre

Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre
The program is resolved in one level with a compact and elongated volume with pitched roof. The width is kept to six meters in order 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 the 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.
Simple yet effective solutions, both in terms of design and energy efficiency, complete the house. The impact of the sun is mitigated by the wattle pergola, the Mallorquian shutters and the planting of deciduous trees provide shade in summer. Rainwater is stored in the water tank and then is reused for the irrigation of the low maintenance Mediterranean garden, the filling of the toilet tanks, and for the pool. Traditional construction details are used, as well as a palette of natural and local materials – such as rustic lime mortar plastering, reused ceramic roof tiles, hydraulic tiles, local mares stone, cane, sepi wood and artisan cement floors and sinks.
Finally, the narrow width of the house allows for greater energy efficiency. Since all the rooms have a north–south orientation, cross ventilation is created, which is essential not only for air renewal but also for regulating the home’s temperature. In addition, the openings on both sides create very bright interiors that significantly reduce the need for artificial lighting.
Transversely, the volume is perforated by an imaginary box creating a central hole, the living-dining room. 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 (cañizo) pergola crosses the hollow space and expands on both sides. In this way, the terraces are protected from the summer sun, and the wattle filters the light – creating a Mediterranean play of lights and shadows. The windows of this space can be completely hidden in the walls of the façade, so that the living-dining room becomes an external porch and invades the north and south terraces depending on seaso

Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre

Casa Palerm

Lloret de Vistalegre

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