Hillside Residences

Hillside Residences is conceived as a stepped urban landscape, shaped by the relationship between Tirana’s growing density and its surrounding hills. The tower rises through a sequence of terraces that reduce its visual mass, open the apartments toward light, views, and sunset, and transform the façade into a layered composition of balconies, planted edges, and deep shadow lines.

Rather than standing as a conventional vertical block, the building becomes an extension of the terrain—balancing urban presence with domestic scale. Warm materials, efficient residential layouts, and an active ground floor create a development that is both recognizable and composed, contributing to Tirana’s evolving skyline while establishing a calm and adaptable model for contemporary living.

The project starts as a compact monoblock, then steps into smaller stacked volumes. This reduces its visual mass and creates a dynamic silhouette that translates the surrounding mountains into an urban landmark.

The north façade gives the tower a more continuous presence toward the city, structured by a clear rhythm of balconies and openings. Its stepped profile breaks down the overall mass, maintaining a domestic scale while extending the building’s relationship with Tirana’s surrounding hills.

Each setback reshapes the plan around light, privacy, views and generous outdoor space.