Integration into a bancals landscape. Ca l’Amo. House in Sant Mateu by Marià Castelló
21/02/2020.
[Sant Mateu d’Aubarca - IBIZA] Spain
metalocus, JOAN MARSET
metalocus, JOAN MARSET
The home designed by architecture studio of Marià Castelló is located on a terraced plot with stone bancals, at the north end of the San Mateo plain on Ibiza island, Spain.
Over time and the progressive abandonment of agricultural activities, the terraces have been ambushed and today it is a forest area where mainly pine and juniper coexist.
Over time and the progressive abandonment of agricultural activities, the terraces have been ambushed and today it is a forest area where mainly pine and juniper coexist.
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló
Site plan. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Ground floor plan. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Roof plan. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Elevations. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Elevations and sections. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Model. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Model. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Model. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Model. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Model. Ca l’Amo. Vivienda en Sant Mateu por Marià Castelló.
Marià Castelló designed the project has been located taking advantage of the last of the terraces, between two existing dry stone walls and on the border between the rugged part of the plot and a flat and low area to the south west.
The house has been organized in five differentiated volumes whose length is conditioned by the depth of the terrace on which the dwelling sits, which helps to intelligently integrate the project into the landscape.
The first three volumes house the program for a large family with an intense social activity. The fourth volume is intended for a large area of outer shade, while the fifth houses an annex with independent access for guests. Between the fourth and fifth volume is the pool and the main leisure and relationship area.
The house has been organized in five differentiated volumes whose length is conditioned by the depth of the terrace on which the dwelling sits, which helps to intelligently integrate the project into the landscape.
The first three volumes house the program for a large family with an intense social activity. The fourth volume is intended for a large area of outer shade, while the fifth houses an annex with independent access for guests. Between the fourth and fifth volume is the pool and the main leisure and relationship area.
Project description by Marià Castelló
Ca l’Amo is a plot of 42,385 m² located at the north end of the San Mateo plain on the island of Ibiza. In it there is an area of pronounced topography and fanned by stone walls that generate an iconic landscape of the countryside of Ibiza. Over time and the progressive abandonment of agricultural activities, the terraces have been ambushed and today it is a forest area where mainly pine and juniper coexist.
The intervention has been located taking advantage of the last of the terraces, between two existing dry stone walls and on the border between the rugged part of the plot and a flat and low area to the south west. This pre-existence in the territory has conditioned the disposition of the functional program and the adjacent free spaces, concentrating the intervention on it and leaving the rest in its natural state, unaltered.
The house has been organized in five clearly differentiated volumes, generating between them spaces of relation, services, visual connection with the outside and ventilation. The first three volumes house the program for a large family with an intense social activity. The fourth volume is intended for a large area of outer shade, while the fifth houses an annex with independent access for guests. Between the fourth and fifth volume is the pool and the main leisure and relationship area. The length of the five volumes is conditioned by the depth of the terrace on which the dwelling sits, which helps to integrate the intervention into the landscape.
For the materialization, dry construction systems have been chosen, with a widespread presence of wood and breathable and healthy solutions. The structure of panels of counter-laminated wood (CLT) has been left visible inside, concentrating on a single constructive element the structure, enclosure and finishing. An attitude of constructive sincerity, but that generates at the same time comfort and environmental warmth.
All the facades are ventilated and breathable, with two differentiated solutions manifesting their finish: the transverse, opaque and in contact with the dry stone walls that make earth containment have been finished by means of slats of thermo-treated wood, while the longitudinal ones where the openings and patios are concentrated have been executed with synthetic mineral-based panels of large format.
All interior pavements, wetland coverings, pool and practicable terraces are made of natural limestone with different formats and surface finishes. The exterior carpentry has been carried out with laminated wood of the same characteristics as the CLT structure, diluting the boundaries between enclosure and carpentry, while generating greater material harmony.
Passive bioclimatic systems have been implemented through the correct arrangement of the openings, generating air circulation with natural ventilation, taking advantage of the shade and freshness of the natural vegetation that surrounds the building and with simple strategies of proven effectiveness in these latitudes. On the other hand, the house also uses rainwater by storing it in a cistern of more than 200 tons that makes it almost self-sufficient in terms of water.
Much of the furniture has been custom designed specifically for this project. Other pieces that are also found are the Xamena sofa by Jose Gandia Blasco and Ramón Esteve for Gandía Blasco or pieces from the D12 Collection designed by Marià Castelló and Lorena Ruzafa for the editor Diabla Outdoor.
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Architects
Marià Castelló. Achitects Construction Managers.- Lorena Ruzafa + Marià Castelló.
Project Team
Lorena Ruzafa, Marga Ferrer, Natàlia Castellà and Elena Vinyarskaya.
Collaborators
Enrique González Medina. Quantity surveyor.- José Luís Velilla Lon. Structure Engineer.- Miguel Rodríguez-Nevado. MEP Engineer.- Javier Colomar Riera.
Builder
M+M Proyectos e Interiorismo.
Subcontractors.- Creaciones PARMA (ventilated facade) y VELIMA System (CLT Structure).
Subcontractors.- Creaciones PARMA (ventilated facade) y VELIMA System (CLT Structure).
Area
332 m²
Dates
Project.- 2013-2017. Works.- 2017-2020.
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.
