Project: Casa Sa Roqueta
Architecture: Bigas Studio
Location: Menorca, Spain (ES)
Year: 2021 – 2023
Program: Residential
Surface: 145 m²
Status: Built
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A covered porch serves as the project’s initial threshold, providing a space for daily activities and for neighbours to gather and share meals during municipal festivities. The main volume is held in-between a modest terrace and the long garden that extends to the rear boundary of the plot.
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Nestled in the storied heart of Es Mercadal, the plot offers a unique and slender setting, measuring 6.5 by 50 meters, a narrow ribbon of land woven into the fabric of the village’s historic centre. Its location demands for not only sensitivity to the surrounding context but also a deep understanding of the rhythms of village life, where architecture is inseparable from memory, ritual, and community.
In continuous dialogue with the local architectural tradition, the spatial configuration unfolds through a progression of four distinct yet harmoniously connected atmospheres.
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This configuration fosters a natural rhythm, anchoring the house within its linear proportions while inviting the landscape inward. The aim is to embrace an architecture grounded in the minimal and essential, avoiding superfluous elements; one whose atmospheres are timeless, deeply rooted in its context and respectful of its heritage.
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Project: Casa Sa Roqueta
Architecture: Bigas Studio
Location: Menorca, Spain (ES)
Year: 2021 – 2023
Program: Residential
Surface: 145 m²
Status: Built
.
Nestled in the storied heart of Es Mercadal, the plot offers a unique and slender setting, measuring 6.5 by 50 meters, a narrow ribbon of land woven into the fabric of the village’s historic centre. Its location demands for not only sensitivity to the surrounding context but also a deep understanding of the rhythms of village life, where architecture is inseparable from memory, ritual, and community.
In continuous dialogue with the local architectural tradition, the spatial narrative unfolds through a progression of four distinct yet harmoniously connected atmospheres.
.
.
.
.
.
A covered porch serves as the project’s initial threshold, providing a space for daily activities and for neighbours to gather and share meals during municipal festivities. The main volume is held in-between a modest terrace and the long garden that extends to the rear boundary of the plot.
.
.
.
.
.
.
This configuration fosters a natural rhythm, anchoring the house within its linear proportions while inviting the landscape inward. The aim is to embrace an architecture grounded in the minimal and essential, avoiding superfluous elements; one whose atmospheres are timeless, deeply rooted in its context and respectful of its heritage.
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