Hospitality company Artchimboldi and Spanish architect Emma Marti have teamed up to transform a forgotten girls' school in Menorca into a bright and contemporary retreat for professionals.

Established by Anna Truyol in 2007, Artchimboldi provides design-focused spaces where businesses can host meetings or team-building sessions.The company already has two locations – a pair of modernist apartments in Barcelona – but has now opened a third, larger site in Menorca that can be used for corporate retreats.

Although the building's roof had to be completely rebuilt, insulated and waterproofed, Truyol and Marti took a light touch with the rest of the renovation works in order to highlight "the history, experiences and soul of the space".The building's original mares stone walls were preserved and freshened up with a coat of white paint, and many of its timber ceiling beams were left in place.

An airy living and dining area occupies the first floor. At its heart is a custom-made table made of lacquered wood, which can be easily reconfigured into different formats for group meals, meetings or workshops.Beyond the table is a cosy lounge that features amorphous grey seating poufs and a wood burner with a four-metre-high flue that accentuates the height of the room.

Guests can catch some rest on the building's first level, which much like the ground floor has white-painted stone walls. But here, polished concrete flooring is replaced with bold chequerboard tiles.Pre-existing partition walls were knocked through to make way for a sequence of boxy Flanders-pine sleeping pods.Each one is fronted by a linen curtain that, when drawn back, reveals a comfy woollen futon.

Flanders-pine sleeping pods were incorporated on the building's first floor.Slender black ladders grant access to the top of the pods, where guests can relax during the day. Alternatively, there is a small seating area dressed with a grey sofa and woven rugs.Personal belongings can be stored underneath the pods or in the bespoke sage-coloured shelving unit that sits at the room's periphery.Additional sleeping pods can be found in the building's loft.