The Apartments for A Hill-Top

These are apartments for a hill-top in Valparaiso, Chile. Valparaiso is one of the main ports of Chile. Chilean studio Duarte Arquitectos has designed these apartments, San Juan de Dios Apartments. The development of this building will comprise 17 apartments, parking lots, and a communal area. It built the maximum extent permitted by rule and seeking higher returns. It uses the slope and rescues the heritage value of the old houses, such as scale, materiality, the socket and the inner courtyard.

The structure of this building will replace two houses on a stepped piece of land. The apartments also have a façade featuring irregularly-placed windows with shutters. These apartments are created through the merger of two lots. They are in an ageing area of the city and on top of the hill.