This house belongs to a set of projects developed by Sio2 that reformulates the type of the single-family house through the integration with the landscape. In these works, we experimented with roofs as organizing systems avoiding the traditional role of facades as compositional mechanisms

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Architects: Sio2 Arch

Location: 07710 Sant Lluís, Illes Balears, España

Architects In Charge: Lluís Ortega, Xavier Osarte, Esther Segura

Area: 193.2 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: José Hevia

Architects Associates: F451; Santi Ibarra, Toni Montes

Quantity Surveyor: Francesc Crespí

Structure: GMK ASS
Construction: Conrado y Asociados

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This house belongs to a set of projects developed by Sio2 that reformulates the type of the single-family house through the integration with the landscape. In these works, we experimented with roofs as organizing systems avoiding the traditional role of facades as compositional mechanisms

© José Hevia

Floor Plan

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In this iteration, the house is articulated as a landscape extension of an existing topography. The volume is placed in such a way that the roof becomes an artificial terrain. The form of this surface responds to the negotiation between topographic relations, constr...