50 DIGS.NET
| 8.12.2022
P R O F I L E | J O H N P A W S O N A N D C L A U D I O S I LV E R S T R I N
Let that serve as a reminder: Keep faith with a good architect.
Or, two of the very best. Left to their own imaginative devices,
the British Pawson and the Italian Silvestrin—both masters
of contemporary of minimalism—created a starkly modern
form with two-story walls in an ancient landscape, its reddish,
sun-worn edifice suggesting it rose straight from the Majorca
earth. While the concept of high walls surrounding a courtyard
and inner living quarters is not new, it is notably harmonious
here. Caroline points to proportion. "Height plays such an
important role," she says. "And in this house proportion is every-
thing. After all these years I am still fascinated by the length
and size of the bench in the courtyard relating to the height of
the wall. You feel protected but not closed in. There is a lot of
liberty in this house, of thought and feeling, a meditative quality."
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