The PLY Villa Expansion is conceived as a light, sculptural pavilion dedicated to wellness, spa and fitness, extending the original villa’s idea of inhabitable landscape. The new volume acts as a calm sanctuary in the jungle, where architecture, body and nature are integrated. A continuous white shell wraps and protects transparent interiors, generating soft, indirect light and a sense of floating above the ground, ideal for relaxation and mindful exercise.
The expansion is positioned as a complementary wing to the first phase, connected through garden paths and visual alignments rather than heavy built links. While the main villa is embedded in the terrain with green roofs, this new piece hovers more visibly, reading as a refined object in the landscape. Both phases share materials, proportions and the language of topographic roofs, ensuring a coherent ensemble that can be perceived as a single compound.
The defining gesture is a continuous, folded roof-skin that rises from the ground, curves over the glazed perimeter and descends again to meet the landscape. This element unifies roof and walls into one fluid silhouette, protecting the program from sun and rain while opening strategic views toward the surrounding trees. The shell’s pointed and lifted corners create dynamic perspectives from every approach, reinforcing the impression of a gently tensioned canvas above a transparent base.
The lower band of the building is almost entirely glazed, framed by slender dark profiles that visually dematerialize the structure. Behind the glass, warm vertical timber panels establish a soft and tactile interior backdrop. The opaque shell is finished in a light, high-performance coating that reflects heat and subtly captures the changing sky tones throughout the day. On one flank, the roof folds down to meet a planted green slope, merging the pavilion back into the ground plane.
The interior is organized as a sequence of open and semi-open wellness spaces. A central gym area runs along the main façade, fully transparent to the garden, allowing exercise to take place in constant visual contact with nature. More intimate spa and treatment rooms are located toward the solid ends, benefiting from filtered light and controlled privacy. The layout encourages slow movement along a clear axis, with framed views, niches for stretching or meditation and direct exits to outdoor terraces.
The landscape around the expansion is designed as a soft buffer of native planting, low shrubs and permeable paths. Approaching the building, visitors read the green slope and planted roof as an extension of the existing villa’s topography. This green plane visually anchors the pavilion and provides an elevated, contemplative garden above the wellness spaces. Night lighting is discreet and warm, accentuating the folded roof and tree trunks while protecting the dark sky and surrounding fauna.
Sustainability is integrated through passive and active measures aligned with the spa’s health-oriented nature. The large overhangs of the shell and the preserved trees reduce direct solar gain on the glazing, significantly limiting cooling demand. Cross-ventilation can be enabled by opening opposite façades during mild periods, while the green slope and roof add thermal mass and stormwater retention. Materials prioritize low maintenance and regional sourcing, particularly timber cladding and local aggregates. Provision for solar thermal or photovoltaic systems on less visible surfaces supports renewable energy use, ensuring that the pursuit of wellness is inseparable from a responsible, low-impact architectural response.
The PLY Villa Expansion is conceived as a light, sculptural pavilion dedicated to wellness, spa and fitness, extending the original villa’s idea of inhabitable landscape. The new volume acts as a calm sanctuary in the jungle, where architecture, body and nature are integrated. A continuous white shell wraps and protects transparent interiors, generating soft, indirect light and a sense of floating above the ground, ideal for relaxation and mindful exercise.
The expansion is positioned as a complementary wing to the first phase, connected through garden paths and visual alignments rather than heavy built links. While the main villa is embedded in the terrain with green roofs, this new piece hovers more visibly, reading as a refined object in the landscape. Both phases share materials, proportions and the language of topographic roofs, ensuring a coherent ensemble that can be perceived as a single compound.
The defining gesture is a continuous, folded roof-skin that rises from the ground, curves over the glazed perimeter and descends again to meet the landscape. This element unifies roof and walls into one fluid silhouette, protecting the program from sun and rain while opening strategic views toward the surrounding trees. The shell’s pointed and lifted corners create dynamic perspectives from every approach, reinforcing the impression of a gently tensioned canvas above a transparent base.
The lower band of the building is almost entirely glazed, framed by slender dark profiles that visually dematerialize the structure. Behind the glass, warm vertical timber panels establish a soft and tactile interior backdrop. The opaque shell is finished in a light, high-performance coating that reflects heat and subtly captures the changing sky tones throughout the day. On one flank, the roof folds down to meet a planted green slope, merging the pavilion back into the ground plane.
The interior is organized as a sequence of open and semi-open wellness spaces. A central gym area runs along the main façade, fully transparent to the garden, allowing exercise to take place in constant visual contact with nature. More intimate spa and treatment rooms are located toward the solid ends, benefiting from filtered light and controlled privacy. The layout encourages slow movement along a clear axis, with framed views, niches for stretching or meditation and direct exits to outdoor terraces.
The landscape around the expansion is designed as a soft buffer of native planting, low shrubs and permeable paths. Approaching the building, visitors read the green slope and planted roof as an extension of the existing villa’s topography. This green plane visually anchors the pavilion and provides an elevated, contemplative garden above the wellness spaces. Night lighting is discreet and warm, accentuating the folded roof and tree trunks while protecting the dark sky and surrounding fauna.
Sustainability is integrated through passive and active measures aligned with the spa’s health-oriented nature. The large overhangs of the shell and the preserved trees reduce direct solar gain on the glazing, significantly limiting cooling demand. Cross-ventilation can be enabled by opening opposite façades during mild periods, while the green slope and roof add thermal mass and stormwater retention. Materials prioritize low maintenance and regional sourcing, particularly timber cladding and local aggregates. Provision for solar thermal or photovoltaic systems on less visible surfaces supports renewable energy use, ensuring that the pursuit of wellness is inseparable from a responsible, low-impact architectural response.
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Barcelona
Bac de Roda 136
08020, Barcelona
Spain
Madrid
Av. de Buendía 11
19005 Guadalajara (Madrid)
Spain
Chicago
373 Hazel Ave, Apt A1
60022, Glencoe, Illinois
United States