Marés House (Twobo architecture)

Who is / What is

House of about 300 m² in Pollença (Yatzer places it in Cala Sant Vicenç; please verify), by Twobo architecture (Luis and Pablo Twose), completed in 2015. The name comes from its material.

Featured work

• Several pavilions on the edges of a sloping plot that leave an open central patio, "like a small town square" with stairs, porches and thresholds.
• Marès and stone walls in sec that define the terraces and extend the walls of the neighboring painter's garden; pebble floors.
• Over the years, the salt and the north wind have eroded the north face of the marès; the south face remains clear.
• The authors describe it as a sum of memories: construction in marès, the Pollença cloister, Utzon and the tiles of childhood.

Relationship with the office

• Marès and stonecutters
• Pedra en sec — terraces; see Gremi de Margers .

History

• 2015: finished.
• 2021: published in Aphasia; also in Arquitectura Viva, Yatzer, Dwell.

Why is indigenous design

Let the marès age in sight: the local material as a record of the island's climate.

For the project

Powerful image for a report on the patina of the marès (eroded north / intact south).

Photos

•  Pavilions on terraces — © José Hevia
•  Marès and pedra en sec — © José Hevia

Sources

• afasiaarchzine.com/2021/10/twobo-twose-mares-house-pollenca
• arquitecturaviva.com/works/casa-mares-en-pollenca
• yatzer.com/casa-mares-mallorca
• archello.com/project/casa-mares

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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