Fragmented integration. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
13/04/2021.
[Formentera] Spain
metalocus, MARÍA FERNANDA MORA
metalocus, MARÍA FERNANDA MORA
The architectural studio of Marià Castelló has built a single-family home in the Es Pou area of Can Marianet Barber in the interior of the island of Formentera.
Entitled "Es Pou", in homage to the historic place-name where it is located, the house stands on a rural plot, conditioned by preexistence, especially agricultural crops, and centuries-old dry stone walls. Marià Castelló proposes the insertion of the house to the west of the plot, facing south and protected by vegetation. This frees up the fertile area of the plot for the continuity of agricultural activity on the site.
Entitled "Es Pou", in homage to the historic place-name where it is located, the house stands on a rural plot, conditioned by preexistence, especially agricultural crops, and centuries-old dry stone walls. Marià Castelló proposes the insertion of the house to the west of the plot, facing south and protected by vegetation. This frees up the fertile area of the plot for the continuity of agricultural activity on the site.
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Site Plan. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Ground floor plan. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Rooftop plan. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Longitudinal elevations. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Cross elevations. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Interior elevations. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Interior elevations. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Interior elevations. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Detail section. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Axonometry. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Constructive process. Es Pou - A house in Formentera by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
The architect, Marià Castelló, proposes the house by dividing it into three bodies, responding to questions of scale of both the context and the programs that each one houses. To the south, the first volume contains a porch that provides solar protection, the second houses the communal programs - kitchen and living room - while the third houses the private program of the two bedrooms.
Marià Castelló also connects these volumes through strips that provide ventilation and filtered natural light through a ceramic lattice, while housing services and allowing the connection between spaces. The surrounding landscape of the house inspires its materiality, ceramic and wood predominate, providing a warm and welcoming space reminiscent of the land of the crops, while the freshness of the vegetation is translated into green vitrified ceramic tiles that surround the wet areas of the house.
Several solutions in this project are related to the artistic project "Fragments d'Arquitectura", by the Marià Castelló studio, which was developed in parallel to the Es Pou house.
Marià Castelló also connects these volumes through strips that provide ventilation and filtered natural light through a ceramic lattice, while housing services and allowing the connection between spaces. The surrounding landscape of the house inspires its materiality, ceramic and wood predominate, providing a warm and welcoming space reminiscent of the land of the crops, while the freshness of the vegetation is translated into green vitrified ceramic tiles that surround the wet areas of the house.
Several solutions in this project are related to the artistic project "Fragments d'Arquitectura", by the Marià Castelló studio, which was developed in parallel to the Es Pou house.
Description of project by Marià Castelló
“Es Pou de Can Marianet Barber” is a historical place name in the interior of the island of Formentera (Spain). A rural plot where several pre-existents condition the insertion of this small first residence in the territory. Among them, the network of centenarian dry stone walls stands out, as well as the organization of the crops. The intervention is located in the western area of the plot, parallel to a trace of more than a kilometer in length, oriented to the south and protected from the setting sun by a mass of vegetation, thus releasing the most fertile area to give continuity to the existing agricultural activity.
The proposal is divided into three volumes, which order the program while providing it with a smaller grain and in accordance with the scale of the landscape. From south to north, the first volume houses a porch that offers solar protection, the second contains the more public program, and the third two bedrooms. Among them are transverse strips that physically separate the volumes, giving them ventilation and lighting, as well as providing them with services and connections.
In front of the house, there is a cistern that makes it self-sufficient in terms of water supply while offering a solarium for the coldest months of the year.
From the inside and through the porch, deep perspectives are discovered towards the flat landscape of wheat and oat fields, where the soft and warm color of the earth and the muted greens of the almond and fig trees predominate. The light, color, and material from the outside enter the interior of the house thanks to ceramics and wood, two noble materials that are combined in a subtle and timeless way.
The warmth of the earth is transferred to the ceiling and pavements, resolved by means of Mallorcan-style ceramic vaults and pressed terracotta tiles. Likewise, the tiles are used to solve various other elements, such as façade cladding, roof finish, the headboard of the master bedroom, or pebble gravel, processing in situ the losses of the ceramic elements used. The freshness associated with the color of the vegetation predominates in the humid areas, where some vertical walls are covered with vitrified ceramic tiles of a diluted green color and identical dimensions to the rest of the pieces. The light filters inwards through its passage through ceramic lattices, generating, in turn, a constant evolution of lights and shadows.
The coherence and material harmony have led to solving with white vitrified porcelain electrical mechanisms the integration of the installations in unique places such as the headboard of the master bedroom, as well as other more common such as lamp holders and toilets. A set of lights and special pieces made by hand with formwork made in our studio have also been specifically designed for this project, seeking their chromatic and dimensional integration in the context of the coatings.
Most of the furniture has been custom-designed integrated into the architecture itself, while icons such as the Torres Clavé armchair, from 1934, or the traditional chairs from Formentera pay homage to the Mediterranean artisan tradition. Other more contemporary pieces such as the table and coffee tables from the D12 collection designed by Marià Castelló and Lorena Ruzafa for the editor Diabla Outdoor, provide a slight material and chromatic counterpoint to the set.
The origin of some of the solutions in this project are closely linked to the artistic project “Architecture Fragments”, developed in parallel.
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Architects
Design team
Lorena Ruzafa, Marga Ferrer.
Collaborators
Construction Managers.- Lorena Ruzafa, Marià Castelló. Building Engineer.- José Luís Velilla Lon. Structure Engineer.- Ferran Juan Nicolau. Facilities Engineer.- Javier Colomar Riera.
Builder
Toni 13.
Developer
Private.
Area
70 sqm + 24 sqm porch.
Dates
Project.- 2011. Building process.- 2019-2021.
Manufacturers
Floor.- Cerámica la Andaluza. Coatings.- Cerámicas Ferrés. Lattice.- Cerámica Mano Alzada. Custom luminaries and sculptures.- Marià Castelló, Architecture. Interior furniture D12 collection.- Diabla Outdoor. Kitchen Counter.- CORIAN. RubberGard.- Firestone.
Location
Camí Vell de la Mola km. 1,8. Formentera, Spain.
Photography
Marià Castelló
Marià Castelló · Architecture began its course in February 2002 with the first public and private initiative projects in Formentera. The connection, the respect and the commitment with the culture, the landscape and the territory of the minor of the Pitiüsas islands was determining in the professional and personal orientation chosen.
The study has collaborated with editorial projects of different nature, exhibitions and presentations with the purpose of spreading both the patrimonial baggage existing on the island and those contemporary interventions generated with criteria and reflection.
Among his last prizes, he stands out as a finalist in the 59th edition of the FAD Awards in the category of "City and Landscape" for the work "Restauració del Fossar Vell of Sant Francesc" (2017), the Special mention (2nd Position) of the Prize European Intervention in the Architectural Heritage AADIPA (2017) for the Restoration of the Tower des Pi des Català, s. XVIII in Formentera, or the work selected in the Catalan Pavilion of the Biennale di Architettura di Venezia (2012) "Architectural Rowers" in the "Contexts" section.
The study has collaborated with editorial projects of different nature, exhibitions and presentations with the purpose of spreading both the patrimonial baggage existing on the island and those contemporary interventions generated with criteria and reflection.
Among his last prizes, he stands out as a finalist in the 59th edition of the FAD Awards in the category of "City and Landscape" for the work "Restauració del Fossar Vell of Sant Francesc" (2017), the Special mention (2nd Position) of the Prize European Intervention in the Architectural Heritage AADIPA (2017) for the Restoration of the Tower des Pi des Català, s. XVIII in Formentera, or the work selected in the Catalan Pavilion of the Biennale di Architettura di Venezia (2012) "Architectural Rowers" in the "Contexts" section.
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