House in Menorca by Dom Arquitectura
Spanish architect Pablo Serrano Elorduy of Dom Arquitectura has completed the design of a house in Menorca, Spain.
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House in Menorca by Dom Arquitectura
Being a summer house, the main idea is not only creating the interior spaces of the house, but distribute all outer space. The interior spaces seek good relations with the outside world, colonizing their surroundings and their views.
Inspired by the typical Menorca “tanca”, stone walls divisions of the realm. The plot is organized from a space frame, fully passable, based on a trace orthogonal, combining floors, platforms, water, trees, plants, tanca, pergolas, walls and the house itself. By combining these elements we are encountering this approach in which each piece is delimited and acquires its own identity and use within a harmonious whole. The diversity of outdoor stays provides the site a space balanced richness.
The house is situated in the center of the outer solar stays divided in two, front and rear. The hall of the house with two large openings on each side operates as a mixed external-internal transition. Falls outside the pavement causing a passage that connects the back yard with the front porch.
Based on typical lattices menorquinas designed a sliding wooden slats fixed set a filter to the outside, they act as sunscreens, giving privacy and multipliplying the usability. They combine the vertical slats of the east and west facades with horizontal south facade. Most of these openings are floor to ceiling, allowing for greater continuity to the outside and making the most magnificent views of the site.
Architect: Pablo Serrano Elorduy
Interior Designer: Blanca Elorduy
Rigger: Joan Camps
Structure: Osmotec
Construction: Construccions Rotger Piris, S.L.
Surface: 443 m2
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Sam Walden on 19 Jan 2010 at 6:58 am #
This house fits my taste. Modern and simple.
Very nice.
Filip Galiza on 19 Jan 2010 at 8:17 am #
Its rather plain and void of any detail (or plant life), quite frankly very modern looking without much soul. I’d love to see interior pictures as that might reveal a ton of warmth and personality but as for the outside, its elegant and clean but thats about it… Sorry folks but it feels incomplete.
luke on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:24 am #
love it! love it! love it! i just love the clean straight edges of the house. the pool is sleek and very inviting. i wish this house was mine
Paul Roboto on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:24 am #
Absolutely gorgeous – wish there were more interior shots available
luke on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:36 am #
besides the carmel residence from last year, this house is now on my personal top 10 list!
Sam Walden on 19 Jan 2010 at 10:52 am #
@Filip Galiza,
The soul, warmth, and personality you talk about is easily provided by just adding furnishings and plants. These photos were obviously provided by the architect to show off the architecture. It’s not a photo shoot for Better Homes & Gardens magazine, but it could be if it wanted to.
Look at the architecture, that’s what’s important here, not the finishings. Anyone can add finishings later, that’s easy. Designing and building a house like this is what is rare and is what should be appreciated.
apisaniello on 19 Jan 2010 at 2:11 pm #
…”AMAZING”…
David on 19 Jan 2010 at 2:36 pm #
Love the breezeway that shoots through the house seamlessly connecting the front of the house to the rear yard/patio.
By the diminutive living room and indoor spaces and this houses situation on a relatively small island in the mediteranean that it is intended to be a vacation home and part time residence. It’s focus on the outdoor pool, patio and decks are strong indicators that outdoor living and entertaining is the primary goal here. Not that that excuses it from a certain lacking in its persona. I’ve also noted that almost every modern house featured on the island of Menorca looks the same. Like some white washed cubist subdivision. Though I love the vernacular and would live in any one of them in a minute, there does seem to be a lack of individuality.
Afsheen on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:53 pm #
gorgeous, beautiful……..I guess the comments should be as to the point as the house is
fasiha on 20 Jan 2010 at 6:50 am #
cleancut, simple and beautiful. good architecture! congrats to the designer!
Carlos on 22 Jan 2010 at 5:57 am #
Hello,
I am Spanish and when I see these houses seems that in Spain we don´t have plants… Show Houses in the North of Spain please… hehehe.
Regards,
Carlos Navarro
komal ali on 28 Jan 2010 at 3:58 am #
very elegant!
Cesar on 12 Feb 2010 at 7:18 pm #
O branco de realizações fantástico arquitetura de boa qualidade alta personalidade.
Gabriel on 13 Feb 2010 at 5:52 am #
I’m interior design student. And i need this house every floor plans! where can i get them?
Peter on 02 Mar 2010 at 11:39 am #
Stunning…Elegance achieved from simplicity
using cubes….
kdg on 06 Mar 2010 at 1:59 pm #
@flip galiza : remember guys, this is a summer house and no chickas are present.