Dream Houses is a curated exploration of domestic architecture where vision, craft, and innovation converge. Each residence is shaped by light, materiality, and intent revealing homes that transcend function to become expressions of a deeply personal yet enduring way of living.
Set within the rural landscape of Felanitx, Casa Bajo los Pinos by Studio Rosa is a carefully calibrated architectural gesture that dissolves boundaries between building and site. Rooted in Mallorcan rural typologies yet abstracted to their essence, the house achieves a quiet coexistence with its surroundings.
Casa Bajo los Pinos by Studio Rosa is embedded gently into the undulating topography of Mallorca’s Felanitx region, negotiating the transition between the dense pine forest to the north and the open landscape to the south.
Rather than imposing itself on the site, the building acts as a mediator, an architectural threshold that absorbs and reflects its topography.
The design draws from the vernacular rural architecture of Mallorca, reinterpreted through a process of radical abstraction. Familiar typologies are distilled into clear geometries and precise proportions, resulting in a contemporary structure that remains deeply rooted in place.
The house unfolds through a sequence of rooms, where subtle variations in width and proportion generate distinctly different spatial atmospheres.
North-facing spaces are punctuated by four-metre-high window sashes, each positioned at varying heights in response to the specific use of the room. These openings introduce controlled light and framed views of the pine forest, reinforcing a dialogue between interior and landscape. To the south, a projecting pergola extends the living spaces outward, dissolving the boundary between inside and outside and allowing the house to open fully toward the horizon.
Bedrooms are positioned at both ends of the linear volume, each opening onto a private patio. Sliding doors on both the north and south façades allow rooms to be either separated or fully connected. When opened, visual axes align through the entire length of the building, transforming the house into a seemingly transparent envelope embedded within the landscape.
Material choices are guided by local availability and climatic performance. Exposed concrete defines the interior, contributing to the sculptural clarity of the spaces while functioning as a thermal mass that supports a self-sufficient, CO₂-neutral energy concept.
The exterior is finished with lime plaster mixed with the site’s reddish soil, allowing the building to blend with the chromatic qualities of its surroundings. Most materials were sourced within a five-kilometre radius, reinforcing the project’s commitment to locality and environmental responsibility.
Casa Bajo los Pinos achieves a quiet synthesis of architecture and landscape, an inhabitable structure that frames nature while disappearing into it.
Facts & Credits
Project title Casa Bajo los Pinos
Typology Residential
Location Felanitx region, Mallorca
Architecture Studio Rosa
Photography Hans Fuchs
Text provided by the architects
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