Blanes is the southern gateway to the Costa Brava, at the southernmost edge of the comarca of la Selva, between the mouth of the river Tordera and Lloret de Mar. In this town of around 42,700 people, in a coastal Mediterranean climate, a Passivhaus home holds summer comfort without overheating: insulation, solar shading and heat-recovery ventilation cut cooling costs.
Blanes combines the life of a Costa Brava coastal town, with around 42,699 inhabitants (2025), with an active residential market, where primary homes coexist with a strong second-home component tied to the beach and to tourism. The area around Sa Palomera, which symbolically marks the beginning of the Costa Brava, and the Marimurtra and Pinya de Rosa botanical gardens concentrate much of the demand for new build.
The coastal Mediterranean climate, with warm, humid summers, makes cooling demand and solar control the decisive factor in energy consumption. The Passivhaus standard and the Eskimohaus® system respond directly to this challenge with a highly insulated envelope, solar shading and heat-recovery ventilation.
Building in Blanes calls for respect for the Costa Brava landscape and for the proximity of the sea, along a seafront that begins at Sa Palomera and stretches to the mouth of the Tordera. We work on integration from the first sketch, reconciling Passivhaus performance with the architectural language and the salt resistance the coastal context requires.
Coastal Mediterranean climate, proximity to the sea and a seafront with landscape sensitivity. Blanes calls for sensitivity to context.
Thermal performance, not display.
Our method in Blanes starts from a clear premise. On the coast, a home's value is measured by its ability to hold summer comfort on the least possible energy. Orientation and solar shading are worked to avoid overheating during the hours of peak radiation; the envelope is insulated and sealed until thermal bridges and infiltration are eliminated; the joinery and heat-recovery ventilation guarantee clean air and a stable temperature even in high humidity; materials are chosen to withstand the salinity of the marine environment; and the palette stays coherent with the Costa Brava landscape. Landscape integration is resolved before the technical design is closed, to avoid late reworking.
Blanes's historic centre concentrates the traditional urban fabric, with terraced interventions and compact typologies. The area around Sa Palomera, the rock that separates the two parts of the bay and from which the town's fireworks have been launched since 1958, and the seafront are among the town's most valued settings. The coastal residential areas, on the slopes with views over the sea and near the Marimurtra gardens, offer larger plots with privileged orientations. Each area has its own planning regime and landscape sensitivity.
It makes complete sense. In a coastal Mediterranean climate, the challenge is keeping the home cool in summer without driving up consumption. A highly insulated envelope, solar shading and heat-recovery ventilation hold comfort on a fraction of a conventional home's energy.
Yes. Passivhaus is a performance requirement, not a style. It is fully compatible with the coastal architectural language and with the composition rules the Costa Brava setting requires, a coastline that begins precisely here, at Sa Palomera.
The design provides materials and finishes suited to the marine environment, sized solar shading and heat-recovery ventilation. The home stays at a stable temperature with no condensation or premature degradation from salinity.
Resolution usually runs between 8 and 16 weeks from complete documentary submission, with extensions possible on plots affected by landscape protection on the seafront.
Building in Blanes is not something to settle with an automatic configurator. The plot, the orientation, the relationship with the sea and the applicable planning regime are variables that call for direct dialogue. A conversation with one of our architects will give you more than any online estimate.