Leyda Valley is located on the west side of Chile’s central coastal mountain range. About 7 km. from the Pacific Ocean sea side. 95 km. to the west of Santiago.

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Architects: Alfredo González Briceño + Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen

Location: Leyda, San Antonio, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Area: 82.0 m2

Year Project: 2015

Photography : Rodrigo Daza

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Leyda Valley is located on the west side of Chile’s central coastal mountain range. About 7 km. from the Pacific Ocean sea side. 95 km. to the west of Santiago.

© Rodrigo Daza

The Leyda Valley is reknowned because of it's proximity to the coast, in the area there is an important development of viticulture. Because of their vicinity to the sea, their varieties are very special. From the other side, by the coast, there’s an expansion of large areas for shipping containers; they are unloaded at San Antonio’s Port, this activity is pushing the city limit towards the East.Leyda raises as a frontier between this two situations.
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We were commissioned to design a weekend house, on top of a group of hills, within a large countryside lot. We were asked to take special care, with an e...