This sick house was just completed in Ibiza by the Spanish firm Andres Jaque Architects. Not only does the design have a ton of character, but it doesn’t disturb the land it was built on. The firm aimed to remove as little trees as possible in the space, and to raise more than 80% of the building mass on stilts to avoid altering its properties. All of the waste filtering and treatment equipment is clustered in one area, and the amount of substrate affected by the foundation is compensated for by including an equivalent mass of substrate in various parts of the skin around the buildings, mixed with a water-retaining gelatin to reproduce the moister of original soil in shallower conditions. The project may stand out due to its colorful building block form and neon accents, but this house in “Never Never Land” is really suited for the environment it lives in.

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