Mail des Petits Clos

Construction of 146 housing units, Chartres (FR)

In Chartres, in the center of France, the Mail des Petits Clos development numbers 146 housing units distributed among a row of four buildings, between which planted, pedestrian courtyards are orientated north–south. Each building is four storeys high and offers its inhabitants double-exposure apartments. A metal structure wraps around the exterior of the four buildings, on to which are attached communal circulation, largely glazed winter-gardens on the north side, and balconies, loggias and terraces in a range of bright colours on the south – a nod to the famous stained-glass windows of Chartres Cathedral.