USE: Hospitality / Boutique Café
LOCATION: Santa Catalina, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
CLIENT: Granolita Group
DIGITAL:www.granolita.com
PHOTOS: © Wolfblanc Architects

Located in the historic Santa Catalina district of Palma, Granolita is an exercise in tactile minimalism, designed to function as a quiet sanctuary amidst the bustling Mediterranean street life. The project seeks to bridge the gap between Nordic precision and Mediterranean warmth, creating a space that feels both grounded and ethereal.

The architectural intervention centers on a dialogue between raw weight and light. The focal point is the monolithic central bar, carved from rough-hewn Travertine, which anchors the space and invites touch. This heaviness is balanced by the envelope of the room—walls finished in warm sand-toned lime wash (Tadelakt) that soften the acoustics and diffuse the harsh island sunlight into a golden glow.

The program is fluid, blurring the boundaries between the interior and the street via floor-to-ceiling steel pivot doors that extend the living space onto a limestone patio. Deep rust-colored velvet upholstery and dark walnut joinery provide a necessary counterpoint to the neutral shell, grounding the seating nooks in the existing masonry walls (“bancos de obra”).

True to Wolfblanc Architects’ philosophy, the material palette is restrained but rich in texture. Hand-glazed burgundy tiles offer a subtle nod to traditional Spanish ceramics, while the rigorous, symmetrical carpentry reflects Swedish functionalism. Granolita is not merely a place of consumption, but a curated atmosphere where silence, shadow, and materiality coexist in balance.

The digital experience was designed in-house to mirror the architectural silence of the physical space.