Silver Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2025
Numa Beach Club
- A' Design Award 2025 Silver Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
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About Numa Beach Club
Its neutral palette provides visual cleanliness, connecting with the sea view. Functional spaces have been designed with aesthetic unity, combining the restaurant, bar, seaside relaxation area, dance floor, and a rest area that also serves as an art gallery. The floor joints are filled with marine sand to blend with the surroundings. The lighting adapts to natural sunlight and creates conceptual effects, as seen in the access tunnel to the wet rooms.
Situated within the contemporary discourse of hospitality design that increasingly seeks to dissolve boundaries between interior comfort and natural environment, Juan David Martínez Jofre's Numa Beach Club emerges as a thoughtful meditation on materiality, craft, and the sensory experience of coastal leisure. The installation demonstrates remarkable sensitivity to the phenomenological dimensions of space, employing a billowing fabric ceiling treatment that transforms conventional architectural overhead into an undulating landscape suggestive of wind-filled sails or the gentle movement of dunes. This intervention accomplishes multiple design objectives simultaneously: acoustical softening of the hard-surfaced interior, modulation of natural light into warmly diffused illumination, and the creation of a distinctive spatial identity that resonates with maritime and desert vernacular traditions without resorting to literal quotation. The material palette reveals careful consideration of both aesthetic harmony and tactile experience, progressing from the smooth, yielding surfaces of leather upholstery through the varied weaves of rattan lighting fixtures to the rough-hewn character of wooden accent pieces, establishing a gradient of textural engagement that rewards close examination. The translucent glass partitions in their distinctive aqueous green tonality serve as chromatic counterpoint to the warm earth tones while simultaneously functioning as spatial mediators between fully enclosed lounge areas and semi-protected outdoor zones, their frosted surface providing visual privacy without sacrificing luminosity. The curatorial arrangement of monochromatic photographs suggests an institutional awareness of visual culture's role in establishing atmosphere, their presence adding layers of narrative depth while maintaining chromatic discipline within the established palette. One might observe how the design achieves that elusive quality of effortless sophistication, wherein considerable craft and deliberation produce spaces that feel naturally evolved rather than assertively designed, inviting visitors to question how architecture might simultaneously shelter and liberate.
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- Unique Properties
- Its neutral palette provides visual cleanliness, connecting with the sea view. Functional spaces have been designed with aesthetic unity, combining the restaurant, bar, seaside relaxation area, dance floor, and a rest area that also serves as an art gallery. The floor joints are filled with marine sand to blend with the surroundings. The lighting adapts to natural sunlight and creates conceptual effects, as seen in the access tunnel to the wet rooms.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The project spans approximately 1,200 m², interconnected with both itself and the surrounding nature.
- Tags
- Numa, beach club, mallorca, restaurant, interior design, mediterranean
- Production Technology
- For the execution, a composition and scale of 100% natural materials were used, creating a chromatic palette with up to 10 shades of white, culminating in the natural sand’s own color, which was used for the material joints. This composition results in a seamless blend between nature and the establishment’s technical aesthetics, immersing us in a unique sensory design experience.
- Design Challenge
- The key to this process lay in granulometric characterization, mineral purity, and the chemical compatibility of the aggregate with the different binders used in these materials.
- Project Duration
- The project began in February 2023 and was completed in June 2023. It is located in Playa de Muro, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
- Operation Flow
- Numa Beach has direct access from the beach or the street. The restaurant, bar, and Balinese bed area are harmoniously connected.
- Research
- In the search for construction materials that balance aesthetics, durability, and versatility, sand underwent rigorous study to optimize its integration with microcement, concrete, and natural stone.
- Inspiration
- It began with a blank canvas and a clear vision: to create a space where the sea’s essence merges with a fluid, immersive leisure experience. A place where the salty breeze and warm sand blend with minimalist sophistication, balancing nature and technology. Here, dining and entertainment form a sensory symphony. Music, lighting, and design harmonize with the surroundings, crafting a destination where minimalism, hedonism, and precision turn every moment unforgettable.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Carlos Terra, Numa Beach, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Carlos Terra, Numa Beach, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Carlos Terra, Numa Beach, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Carlos Terra, Numa Beach, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Carlos Terra, Numa Beach, 2023.
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Design Interview about Numa Beach Club
Numa Beach was conceived as an architectural mirage — a place where the horizon, light, and material merge into a single continuous gesture. The main principle was disappearance: to design a space that dissolves into its surroundings. The inspiration came from the Mediterranean itself — its silence, reflection, and the weightless rhythm of the sea. Concrete becomes skin, glass becomes air, and water becomes light.
Our focus was to build an atmosphere, not a building. We wanted to achieve serenity through precision — to create a space where material and proportion evoke the same stillness you feel when staring at the sea. The goal was emotional equilibrium: brutalism without brutality.
Future plans include expanding the concept into new contexts, always preserving its essence: architecture that disappears, leaving only the emotion of the sea.
The concept evolved over several months. However, its refinement — calibrating reflections, alignments, and shadow depths — took much longer. In a project defined by silence, precision becomes the ultimate form of expression.
It was a commissioned project, but we approached it as a creative experiment. The client’s vision aligned with ours: to reinterpret beach architecture as an act of restraint rather than exhibition. Numa Beach was born from inspiration — a commission transformed into philosophy.
All design, construction, and material development were carried out by Minimal Studio. From the structural logic to the detailing of the furniture and bar, everything was directed in-house. The unity of concept and execution is non-negotiable.
We were interested in redefining the beach club typology — to move away from cliché luxury toward a pure spatial experience. The project explores how architecture can amplify nature through subtraction, not addition.
Influence came from silence — the atmosphere of Ando, the precision of Pawson, and the sculptural minimalism of art rather than architecture. The project is an intersection of their philosophies translated into a Mediterranean language.
Numa Beach is for those who seek emotion in simplicity. For people who understand that true luxury lies in proportion, reflection, and calm. It’s not a place to be seen — it’s a place to feel.
Its control. Every surface, reflection, and alignment was choreographed. The concrete is raw, yet perfectly balanced against glass and water. There’s no ornament — only geometry, proportion, and shadow. The entire experience feels suspended between earth and sea.
“Numa” is short, elemental, and neutral. It sounds like a breath — fitting for a space that seeks to capture stillness. The name reflects the project’s essence: calm, rhythm, and impermanence.
The process started with hand sketches and light models to study the relationship between geometry and reflection. Then, digital modeling ensured structural precision and visual alignment with the horizon. The final design was refined on site — guided by light and intuition.
Its invisibility. Numa Beach doesn’t impose; it blends. The architecture frames the landscape rather than competing with it. The play between concrete, water, and light transforms minimalism into emotion.
We collaborated with structural engineers and local artisans specializing in concrete finishes and glass integration. Every collaboration was directed toward achieving exactness — a technical ballet behind apparent simplicity.
Technology was essential to control reflection and durability in a saline environment. However, its role remains silent — it supports emotion rather than dictates it. Technology disappears into craftsmanship.
Yes. We studied the behavior of light throughout the day, surface temperatures, and reflection patterns across materials. This data shaped the project’s rhythm — architecture tuned to the frequency of the sea.
Achieving perfect visual alignment between interior, exterior, and horizon. Managing reflections on glass and water under natural light conditions. The biggest challenge was to make complexity look effortless — to make silence feel engineered.
Because Numa Beach encapsulates our studio’s philosophy: minimalism as an emotional discipline. It’s a project that connects technical rigor with sensory calm — and we wanted to share that language on a global stage.
That light is the ultimate architect. That minimalism is not about absence, but precision. And that emotion, when perfectly calibrated, becomes timeless.
Numa Beach is not a building — it’s a state of mind.
It’s the moment when architecture stops speaking and starts listening to the sea.
It’s the moment when architecture stops speaking and starts listening to the sea.