TEd’A arquitectes (Irene Pérez y Jaume Mayol)
Pay most attention to the environment. “Som on som” (We are where we are), wrote Perejaume in Paraules Locals, with a devilish play on the verb “be”.” Continue reading TEd’A arquitectes
El Toro is a new development, built on the eve of the Majorca tourist boom. The estate sits on the cliffs of Ses Penyes Rotges, in Calvià. The main streets run north-south, delimiting the variably sized rectangular plots. The house is on an 800 m2 plot, roughly 20 x 40 m, facing east-west. The plot looks out to the sea from an imposing cliff line. The open views to the west look to the infinite sea. Continue reading TEd’A arquitectes
Louis once wrote: “Architecture comes from the making of a room. The Plan – A society of rooms is a place good to live work learn.” That same year, the same Louis said: “If you think of Brick, you say to Brick, ‘What do you want, Brick?’ And Brick says to you, ‘I like an Arch.’ And if you say to Brick, ‘Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lintel over you. What do you think of that, Brick?’ Brick says, ‘I like an Arch.’” Continue reading TEd’A arquitectes
Impluviums, patios, cloisters, clastres… Repeat tirelessly the same typology. This is what tradition has done secularly. Collect the knowledge that tradition leaves us. Repeat and repeat again. Reinforce the identity of the place. Continue reading TEd’A arquitectes
