Chartres Adaptive Reuse

225 Chartres Street, New Orleans

 

 

Tasked with converting a pair of historic structures into apartments, the design team carved 2 lightwells through the center of the buildings to bring natural light deep into the old furniture store.  A strong dichotomy is created by allowing the contemporary interventions to read as a new language in the building without detracting from the historic elements.

Old and new in dialogue.