{"id":756,"date":"2013-04-11T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T08:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/traditional-ibizan-architecture\/"},"modified":"2013-04-11T08:39:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T08:39:44","slug":"traditional-ibizan-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/04\/traditional-ibizan-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Ibizan Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/eng\/show\/boutique-hotels-ibiza\"><strong>Boutique Hotel Ses Pitreras<\/strong><\/a> is housed in a 70\u2019s <strong>Ibicenco building<\/strong> wholly renewed like we already mentioned in a recent post.<\/p>\n<p>[:]<!--more--><br \/>\nIn <strong>Ses Pitreras<\/strong>, we provide you a <strong>contemporary space<\/strong> with the latest tendencies in <strong>interior design<\/strong> yet maintaining an Ibiza spirit. This is why we think it might be interesting to bring to our blog <strong>traditional ibizan architecture<\/strong> related information, it\u2019s houses and estates. These characteristic and attractive constructions that can be seen along the island territory.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>typical Ibicenco houses<\/strong> (casas payesas), are mere <strong>simplicity<\/strong>, usually painted in that characteristic <strong>white colour<\/strong> of its walls. A sober architecture that has used traditional wisdom and that has been passed down from father to son, seeking subsistence and practicality.<\/p>\n<p>The Ibicencos, in the old days, when starting a new construction, they followed a rigurous planning. The new <strong>house<\/strong> would be located in a <strong>high surface<\/strong> to avoid humidity and torrential rain, with a <strong>slight incline<\/strong>, leaving the mountain behind it so it would be protected from the Northern winds and the entry always facing south to perceive continuously the sunlight, helped by its thick walls which helps to keep a cool temperature during summer and a warm temperature in the winter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple architecture<\/strong>, with a r<strong>ectangular plant<\/strong> and straight lines which start with a main space to which other rooms or departments were attached depending on the different needs: bedrooms, kitchens, storehouses or sheds. The <strong>ceilings covered<\/strong> with Juniper beams and <strong>flat roofs<\/strong> to gather rainwater which was channeled through a cistern for its later consumption and use.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>walls are whitewashed and thick<\/strong>, yet sometimes are \u201cnaked\u201d from paint, exposing the stones which are built with through small colored windows which are narrower in the exterior side than in the inside, emulating a fortress with arched porches, a great main wooden door and the <strong>fa\u00e7ade looking south<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Around the \u201c<strong>casa payesa<\/strong>\u201d, a landscape filled with crop fields arranged in stone wall terraced plots so characteristic in Ibiza. You can also find traditional <strong>architectural elements<\/strong> in the environment, like the carriage house, flour and oil mills, barns, lime kilns, the threshing floor and the coal bunker (\u201csitja\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, the vast majority of \u201ccasas payesas\u201d have been renewed into <strong>luxury villas<\/strong> highly valued and desired.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you\u2019ve enjoyed it!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Boutique Hotel Ses Pitreras is housed in a 70\u2019s Ibicenco building wholly renewed like we already mentioned in a recent post. [:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sespitreras.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}