20 | Architecture & Design
also brought strict controls on footprint, height and
massing.
Rather than reproducing traditional Maltese architecture,
the design began by looking at why it works: the depth
of the traditional loggia, the balance between solid
walls and openings, the softness of arches against heavy
masonry, and the way these elements create shade and
mediate between inside and outside.
These principles became the framework for a
contemporary house.
