The project involved the rehabilitation of a former boarding school built in the late nineteenth century, in the area of Cerro Alegre in Valparaíso. In a slope and with access to two pedestrian streets, the building is located above the Dimalow promenade overlooking it with its main facade while releasing a backyard towards the Caracoles passage. The property built in masonry and wood, was originally a compact building of two floors, facing north and south while being attached to other buildings on both sides to the east and west.                                           

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Architects: Fantuzzi + Rodillo Arquitectos

Location: Valparaíso, Valparaiso Region, Chile
Design Team: Roberto Fantuzzi, Jaime Rodillo, José Tomás Caballero, Mercedes Angulo

Area: 810.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Pablo Blanco, José Benasco

Builder: FRAC Ltda.

© Pablo Blanco

From the architect. The project involved the rehabilitation of a former boarding school built in the late nineteenth century, in the area of Cerro Alegre in Valparaíso. In a slope and with access to two pedestrian streets, the building is located above the Dimalow promenade overlooking it with its main facade while releasing a backyard towards the Caracoles passage. The property built in maso...