Project 01Private seaside residence39°44′53″N 002°38′56″E

Villa Ostra

Client: Private client
Location: Mallorca, Spain
Year: 2020
Area: 480 m²
Duration: 18 months
Structural engineer: Estructuras Serra, Palma

01 — The projectMallorca, Spain, 2020

A long white roof, a still pool, and the sea doing the rest.

Villa Ostra stretches along a former olive terrace above the sea on the north coast of Mallorca. The client asked for a house that would disappear behind its own garden.

A single 46-metre roof slab shades the whole house and its terraces. Below it the walls are pale lime render, and the glazing slides away completely in summer.

The infinity pool sits at the level of the horizon. We spent three days with surveying lasers aligning its edge with the sea.

Site 39°44′53″N 002°38′56″E

Double-height living room with a floating oak stair and full-height glazing onto the sea — Fig. 02 — The living room under the long roof

Fig. 03 — Ground floor plan1:200

Sun loungers beneath an olive tree beside the infinity pool, the sea behind — Fig. 04 — The pool terrace and the old olive tree we built around

Whitewashed stair with linen hung on the wall — Fig. 05 — Whitewashed stair to the roof terrace

Detail of Villa Ostra — Fig. 06 — Detail of the finished building

02 — Materials and specifications06 items

Structure: Concrete slab on steel columns
Roof: 46 m single-span slab
Walls: Lime render on stone
Glazing: Fully retractable sliding panels
Pool: Infinity edge, saltwater
Water: Rainwater harvesting, 60 m³

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