39. Housing Hill

High density apartment houses can be impersonal. Alexander states that places which are central and desirable should be three to four stories high, built to form stepped terraces, sloping towards the south, leading towards a common area. 

Cala di Furore

Amalfi Coast, Italy

The organic growth of hill housing in the Amalfi coast allows for variation and uniqueness in their homes while remaining in contact with the ground. This south-east facing cluster of houses is connected via open stairs.