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2 Patios House
Diagonal and square: a single-family terraced house in Sant Lluís, Menorca, with two patios and one cantilevered bow window bringing light and southern views into a luminous interior.
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The design had two main aims: a luminous interior, and the spectacular southern views down the street. The first was achieved through two patios placed at both ends of the corridor, and the second through the massive cantilevered bow window of the main façade.
The diagonal guideline of this singular opening was carried into the rest of the facades and patios of the house, which generated very rich visual relations between the different outdoor and indoor areas. The resulting sunny and dynamic interior worked very well: the owners moved in with one child and some sentimental trouble, and today they are a happy couple with three kids.
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