# Azaleas -- L-shaped infill housing

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2020-08-13

architecture, argentina, housing-development, infill-housing, l-shaped, studio-lz, tetris, urbanism, villa-allende

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[This is an interesting infill housing project](https://www.dezeen.com/2020/08/13/studio-lz-l-shaped-housing-villa-allende/) in Villa Allende, Argentina. Designed by Studio LZ, the community contains seven homes, built across a 600 square meter site. Each L-shaped home is 63 square meters and hugs a private courtyard space (many of which have an outdoor BBQ). On the main floor of each home are the kitchen and living areas. And on the second floor are two bedrooms, as well as a second bathroom.

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It's a simple but clever design. Looking at a plan of the project, you can see that, despite its compactness, the L-shaped houses have been arranged in such a way that there are no direct facing conditions. The courtyards and window exposures alternate. It's almost as if they are Tetris pieces that have been pulled apart. The result is a dense community that still manages to offer some of the benefits of low-rise housing.

_Photos by_ [_Gonzalo Viramonte_](https://www.instagram.com/gonzaloviramonte/)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/azaleas-l-shaped-infill-housing)*