What is
Exterior wooden shutter, with swing leaves, with horizontal slats that allow air to pass through and block the sun. In Spanish, "Mallorca blinds" has become the generic name of the type (extended use; origin of the name to be verified).
##Com works
- Filter, do not close: the inclined slats block direct sun and allow reflected light and breezes to pass through.
- Night ventilation: open window and closed blind: fresh air with security and privacy.
- Double layer: blind outside, glass and finestro (blind interior shutter) inside. Three positions for three climates of the day (to verify as a typological norm).
- De llibret: leaves that fold over themselves in narrow jambs (typology of the Viquipèdia; local application to be verified).
- Color: greens and earth tones in the towns (common observation; municipal regulations to be verified).
Elements and vocabulary
- blind, lamel·la (fixed or adjustable), batent, de llibret, finetró, portico
- gelosia (lattice), balcony, escopidor (per verify use)
History
- The word blind comes to Europe in the 19th century. XVIII, by imports from Persia via Venice. Before, finestrons were used inside and paravents outside (Viquipèdia).
- Date of widespread use in Mallorca: to be verified (probably 18th–19th centuries).
- Local industry: Persiana Mallorquina SL (Sa Pobla) has been manufacturing wooden blinds since 1980 (company file; weak data).
On veure'n
In any town: facades of Sóller, Fornalutx, Valldemossa, Deià, Pollença, Artà. Village house and possessió house.
Stat
- Alive, but often replaced by aluminum or imitation wood PVC.
- Carpenters who still make them in solid wood: to be located (open question).
Why is it design
A low-cost climate filter: control of light, air, vision and security with a single piece. Lesson: the facade as hand-adjustable skin. It is proximity design .
Avui architecture
- RipollTizon : takes the light filters from the town in the social housing of Sa Pobla.
- JA Coderch made the wooden slat blinds a hallmark of his work in Catalonia (general information; its use in the Hotel de Mar de Illetes, to be verified).
- Can Lis : light control and view towards the sea from sandstone walls.
For the project
- Inventory of wooden shutter carpenters: see Mallorcan fusteria .
- Piece: reissue of a blind with a local carpenter (craftsman × designer project).
- Related trade: ferro forjat (hinges, pins, buckets).
Frequently asked questions
What is Persianes mallorquines (Mallorcan shutters)?
Exterior wooden shutter, with swing leaves, with horizontal slats that allow air to pass through and block the sun. In Spanish, "Mallorca blinds" has become…
Sources
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.