01 — The Place
Ibiza’s quiet coast — the side without the bars or the boutiques. Pine forest stepping down to the sea, a small private gate, and a designer villa whose front door is a sliding wall of glass. The property is rented by the season to a tight roster of clients who want privacy more than service. The shade had to be invisible when not in use, and theatrical when deployed. The system needed to be fully self-operating, typical for this type of high class rental property.
02 — The Architecture
One single cantilever pole set into dry-stone walls beyond the pool deck carry the sail on long-cable rigging — V4A marine-grade stainless steel masts, anchored deep into the geology of the hillside. No vertical structure touches the deck. No mast interrupts the pool surface. The sail reach the geometry from the side, like booms over open water. Soltis 92 fabric. Cantilever arm calibrated to Beaufort 5-6 — automatic retract under higher wind load.
03 — Daily Life
From morning at the pool to dinner on the terrace, the sails follow the sun — repositionable along their rigging in under a minute, retracted in seconds when the breeze shifts. The choreography is daily, and the gesture is always unobtrusive. The pool remains the centrepiece, even when the sails are out of sight.
