For fifteen years, our office was in an old house of the 30s in Providencia, space that was shared with my brother and sister, both architects, too, until in a period of prosperity, the house became too small. The wish to have the workplace within walking distance from where I lived, in addition to the frequent burglaries we suffered, forced us to itinerate from place to place for two years, looking for a permanent location.  

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Architects: Albert Tidy Arquitectos

Location: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Architect In Charge: Albert Tidy

Area: 178.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Pablo Casals-Aguirre, Arthur Dressler
Project Team: Sebastián Cruz, Cristóbal Riffo, José Manuel Cadenasso

© Pablo Casals-Aguirre

From the architect. For fifteen years, our office was in an old house of the 30s in Providencia, space that was shared with my brother and sister, both architects, too, until in a period of prosperity, the house became too small. The wish to have the workplace within walking distance from where I lived, in addition to the frequent burglaries we suffered, forced us to itinerate from place to place for two years, looking for a permanent location.  

© Pablo Casals-Aguirre

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