‘4 porches 4 skylights’ by ferran vizoso architecture, balearic islands, spainimage © jose heviaall images courtesy of ferran vizoso architecture

 

 

 

upon the clients’ request for a house whose interior is exterior and exterior is interior, spanish architect ferran vizoso in collaboration with jesús cardona found the solution through the use of four porches and four skylights. the peculiar massing replete with irregular angles are carefully designed around the triangular exterior courtyards as inverse funnels. each one frames a specific view of the equally designed landscape and when the doors of the individual volumes are slid open and hidden into the walls, the entire house becomes one large covered outdoor porch. triangular skylights in each of the inhabitable ‘pavilions’ accept light into the interiors with prismatic refractions, framing a view of the sky. through simple maneuvers the home is able to close the individual program – bedrooms and living area – from the exterior and at any time become a complete part of it, being surrounded from all angles by the forested site.

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 2entrance gateimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 3approachimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 4image © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 5triangular porchimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 6image © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 7connection to the poolimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 8porch is continued on the interiorimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 9living space and kitchenimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 10image © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 11image © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 12interior courtyard connected various individual structuresimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 13bedroomimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 14bathroom with prismatic skylightimage © jose hevia

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 15site plan

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 16floor plan / level 0

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 17floor plan / level 1

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 18elevations

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 19model

 

 

ferran vizoso transforms interior to exterior - 20plan cut model

 

 

project info:

 

 

location: port d’addaia housing development, es mercadal, menorca, balearic islands, spainclients: private, a couple of lawyers from madridarchitects: ferran vizoso, jesús cardonacollaborators: xosé domínguez, begoña cazorla and rené gudertechnical architect: juan cardonacontractor: inversiones y promociones inmobiliarias q.m. s.l.pictures: josé hevia        www.josehevia.esroof surface: 162 m2interior surface: 106 m2built surface: 146 m2 (129,50 house + 0,5 x 33 m2 porches)budget: 223.340 €cost €/m2: 1.530 €/m2