Who is / What is
Hillside house facing the sea in Mallorca (municipality not stated; please verify) by the Slovak studio BEEF architekti (Bratislava; Radoslav Buzinkay, Andrej Ferenčík and team), with 3de3arquitectes as local architects. Project 2017, completed in 2020.
Featured work
- Facades and interiors made of dry stone with stone from a nearby quarry: the stone mass cools in summer and accumulates heat in winter.
- Reinforced concrete structure, lime stucco, blinds and wooden elements.
- Local team: Grupo Ferrá (construction), Nadal Mobiliari (carpentry), Mallorca Eden (garden).
Relationship with the office
- Pedra en sec — technique declared Intangible Heritage by UNESCO (2018). See Gremi de Margers and eines de marger .
- Guixers i blanquinadors — lime stucco.
History
- 2017: project.
- 2020: finished (photos by Tomeu Canyellas).
- 2021-2022: published in Designboom, Metalocus, The Plan, Architonic.
Why is indigenous design
A foreign studio that adopts the margin wall as its façade language. Case to debate: is dry stone applied as a coating still dry stone? It is not known which margers raised it.
For the project
Debate in the magazine about decorative versus structural "pedra en sec"; look for the margers who built it.
Photos
-  Facade and pool — © Tomeu Canyellas
-  Stone volume — © Tomeu Canyellas
Frequently asked questions
What is Fly House (BEEF architekti)?
Hillside house facing the sea in Mallorca (municipality not stated; please verify) by the Slovak studio BEEF architekti (Bratislava; Radoslav Buzinkay…
Sources
- metalocus.es/es/noticias/pedra-en-sec-el-hilo-conductor-de-una-vivienda-contempo
- designboom.com/architecture/beef-architekti-casa-fly-stone-walls-mallorca-spain-
- architonic.com/es/project/beef-architekti-casa-fly/20703115
- theplan.it/eng/architettura/casa-fly-volare-sopra-maiorca
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.