Article source: CARREÑO SARTORI ARCHITECTS

The house was thought based on the attributes of the north-west slope where it is located and the difficulties of the sloping construction. The land is located at the eastern limit of the city, and has a ratio of 1:10 from the road to the change of waters between the Arrayan drawer and the Pochoco mountain drawer-in the outskirts of Santiago-, preserving flora and fauna endemic to Chile. The ascending landscape goes from trees -like quillayes and litres- in the low part, until puyas and cactus at top. On the hillside flow upwards the afternoon warm wind current, attracting the flight of different birds, including eagles and condors.

Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal

• Architects: CARREÑO SARTORI ARCHITECTS (Mario Carreño Zunino, Piera Sartori del Campo)
• Project: Camino El Alto House
• Location: El Arrayán, Lo Barnechea, Metropolitan Region, Chile
• Photography: Marcos Mendizabal
• Architects Collaborators: Blanca Barragán / María José Sáez
• Structural Calculation: Vertical Engineers
• Electrical Project: ICG S.A.
• Sanitary Project: Patricio Vega
• Landscape Project: Carreño Sartori Arquitectos.
• Construction: Leon Family
• Year of Construction: 2016-2017
• Constructed Area: (m2) 295 m2
• Project Year: 2015

(more…)