Based in Cartagena, Valparaiso Chile, the project is located in a subdivision area, small plots and home built by their owners. The exact site is a parcel of land of approximately 10 x 20 meters, with a gradient of approximately 15% that runs along the lots from east to west.

© Fernanda del Villar Jiménez

Architects: Crescente Böhme Alemparte

Location: Cartagena, Cartagena, Valparaiso, Chile

Area: 35.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Fernanda del Villar Jiménez, Courtesy of Crescente Böhme Alemparte

© Fernanda del Villar Jiménez

From the architect. Based in Cartagena, Valparaiso Chile, the project is located in a subdivision area, small plots and home built by their owners. The exact site is a parcel of land of approximately 10 x 20 meters, with a gradient of approximately 15% that runs along the lots from east to west.
First Floor Plan

The land has been inhabited (or occupied) for the last ten years by a train car. It worked as a sleeping wagon, and recently adjusted to something like a stationary home living place by an old lady who used to work as an English teacher, and who lives alone since 2010.

Courtesy of Crescente Böhme Alemparte

Courtesy of Crescente Böhme Alemparte

Because of the land, since its very narrow, and its rare in front of the sea,...