Located in the neighborhood of Saavedra, the Mackenna square garden is
the location chosen for the construction of a building comprising nine
apartments and three studios. The square has an open-public central space
surrounded by dense vegetation that is interrupted only when confronted with
the intervention plot.
The building assumes the leading role suggested by this neighborhood
scene, seizing its atmosphere as a structuring condition for the project.
A central courtyard links two blocks through an open-air promenade that
leads to each unit entrance. The apartments try to continue the house tradition
that defined this neighborhood for years, gathering today in the same plot as a
result of the increased density produced in this part of the city. Each unit
was designed as a small house that includes a generous expansion, making
possible the appearance of multiple open-air activities, such as happens in the
square that the building has at its own feet.