This Mallorca House Reimagines the Spanish Island's Traditional Architecture

""The house conveys a sense of calm and simplicity, while also providing shelter and warmth," the team at OAM says to describe Ca'n Gallineta, a Mallorca house that, despite being a new build, blends in completely with its Mediterranean surroundings. It appears as if it had always been there, set amid the reddish earth and the yellow grass. It was important to the studio to reduce its visual impact on a "delicate natural environment.""

""To achieve this look, the architects drew inspiration from traditional Mallorcan architecture with "its simple, repetitive construction systems, like the irrigation channels with pillars that can be found in the countryside of Mallorca." The landscape itself also shaped the design of the house: a single-story building atop a base, with various porches and pergolas that reduce the scale of the building. Newly planted carob trees and an existing pine forest help to partially conceal the structure from view.""

Ca'n Gallineta conveys calm and simplicity while providing shelter and warmth. The new build blends seamlessly with the reddish earth and yellow grass, appearing as if it had always been there. The design reduces visual impact on a delicate natural environment by drawing on traditional Mallorcan construction systems and irrigation-channel-inspired repetition. The single-story house sits atop a base and uses porches and pergolas to reduce scale. Newly planted carob trees and an existing pine forest partially conceal the structure. The building follows the lot shape, minimizing earthworks and orienting the main façade south to absorb sunlight.

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