The project proposes a mini resort comprising just four tiny rental units, located less than 100 metres from the sea on the beautiful island of Pašman, within Croatia’s Zadar Archipelago.

The area remains relatively underdeveloped and is characterised by a low-density fabric of predominantly two- to three-storey holiday houses. Rather than expressing a coherent architectural language, much of the surrounding development reflects the spontaneous and largely unregulated construction that emerged across the Croatian coast during the post-war period of the 1990s. Buildings appear scattered and “disoriented” across the landscape with little relationship to one another, while the immediate surroundings of the site offer few established architectural references to respond to or draw inspiration from.

Instead of following the conventional approach of consolidating the permitted accommodation into a single building containing the maximum number of rental units allowed by planning regulations, the client chose a fundamentally different strategy: four freestanding, tower-like tiny houses.

Breaking down the scale of a single, imposing building volume into

four smaller individual structures creates a more porous relationship between architecture and landscape. The spaces between the units become an integral part of the project, filled with vegetation that provides natural shading, softens the built form, and reduces direct solar exposure.

The fragmented arrangement also allows air to move freely across the site, taking advantage of the prevailing winds and evening sea breezes to enhance natural ventilation. At the same time, each individual unit can be carefully oriented to optimise views, daylight, solar exposure, and privacy.
At the heart of the composition, a shared pool and adjacent outdoor grill area form a communal space that encourages informal encounters and spontaneous social interaction, giving the four otherwise independent units a sense of collective identity.

Material selection reinforces the connection to the wider region. Construction will prioritise natural, locally sourced materials, particularly Dalmatian stone and timber, reinterpreting the material palette of traditional Mediterranean architecture in a contemporary and deliberately minimal form.