Standard
Light timber framing
12×4 cm studs and sole plates in certified structural timber, panelised in the workshop.
Full renovation
Project data
Location
Sóller, Mallorca
Floor area
275 m²
Handover
July 2022
Construction time
11 months
Structure
Dry stone
Typology
Full renovation
The brief
Restoration of a dry-stone house in the Tramuntana mountains, following heritage-conservation criteria.
Working in a UNESCO-protected area called for a strict restoration approach: we recovered the original dry-stone walls piece by piece, and every new intervention is reversible and clearly distinguishable from the original, following the Venice Charter.
The result is a house that breathes the way it did a century ago, with the thermal performance of a present-day home.
Before · During · After
The same plot at three moments. Move the control from left to right and watch the build progress across a single frame.
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The reinforced concrete foundation already poured, with the structure starting to rise on top of it. It is the only moment in the whole build where anything is mixed on site.
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Timeline
Six milestones between the first machine on the plot and the handover of keys, spread across the 11 months of this build.
The home is marked out on the ground and the plot is prepared to start.
Reinforced concrete slab. The only wet element in the whole build.
The timber panels arrive from the workshop and are dry-bolted onto the slab.
Multi-layer roof and continuous external insulation: the house is closed off.
Windows, ducting and pre-installations, with the home already protected from the rain.
Finishes, final inspection and the handover of keys.
An indicative breakdown over this project's real duration. Each milestone shifts with the site, the permit and the size of the home.
Technical solutions
The building system is the same across all our homes. We always separate what is installed from what is prepared: a house that arrives with the ducting done is not the same as one that arrives with the equipment fitted.
12×4 cm studs and sole plates in certified structural timber, panelised in the workshop.
High-performance external insulation system: the thermal envelope runs outside, with no breaks and no thermal bridges.
18 mm OSB, 50 mm of high-density XPS and 15 mm OSB over the timber structure.
Thermally broken aluminium or high-performance PVC, with 4/16/4 double glazing.
Air-source heat pump, underfloor heating or ducted air. The home is handed over with the pre-installation and ducting in place.
Ducting allowed for in the design, ready for the air-renewal unit to be fitted.
Composition according to Amara's specification document.
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