Els Llombards Church

“I am very familiar with the popular Mediterranean house, but there are local variants, and this house is one. I haven’t studied it: just observed it and worked on it as an architect. When I moved here, one of my first observations was that the house’s orientation and lighting are atypical, broader than normal. It took me months to work out the reason for the orientation, but suddenly I felt it. It was a wind, a wind from the sea. The breezes from the bay of Alcúdia. Until I felt that, I didn’t understand, of course: the cool. This house is very cool. They had preferences. They evaluated, architecture means constantly evaluating: we lose things to gain others. It’s tough but you have to decide then choose. Here they said “cool breezes in summer are more important than water”, so it is oriented thus. When you reach a place you have to be aware of these diferences, note them and understand them, but you also have to be intelligent, have culture and know many things, the body is not enough.” Images from D’A nº4 , Palma de Mallorca 1989. Lloc i Forma Cite: “Els Llombards Church”. Hidden Architecture < http://www.hiddenarchitecture.net/ >