Ca la Nena
The singularity of this building lies in a type of Modernism known as popular Modernism. This substyle was especially present among less affluent social classes, who could not afford certain materials such as natural stonework or ironwork, but who still wanted to follow the fashion of their time.
Thus, we find a building with a ground floor and three upper floors, with a façade entirely coated in cement, where geometric decoration is concentrated in the central voussoir of the window openings and in a simple wrought-iron balcony with clearly Modernist serpentine forms, especially in the supporting brackets. Also noteworthy is the decoration with glazed ceramic tiles, which adds a touch of colour to the pediment.
This simplicity of style is frequently found in the Santa Catalina neighbourhood of Palma, where this popular Modernism became a distinctive style in its own right, in a working-class district whose inhabitants nonetheless remained attentive to the trends of the time.
