The Finca Son Daros is a working farm which has produced
almonds and olives for many generations now in the rich
agricultural landscape of Selva, located in the Tramontana
World Heritage Region in Mallorca.
The constructed spaces are conceived of as courtyards or
‘stamps’ in the landscape, so as to keep the intensively
used surfaces compact and as undisruptive of the cultural
landscape as possible.
The main house was finished 2019 using local building
techniques and simple, ecological materials. Local
building typologies inform the design. The width of
the rooms, for example, corresponds to those of the
old shed building-types found on the older buildings
on the north side. On the walls, no paint was used:
the colour results from the material itself, lime for
the inside walls and a mix of cement and local earth
for the exterior. Doors and windows are of treated
industrial fir. The tiles and sinks are of hand-made
cement, using an old local method for which Mallorca
tiles have become famous. Traditional construction
methods were used wherever possible. The orientation
of the windows is intended to provide views while
avoiding direct sun, giving this modern house a
traditional flair.
