The project is located between Bulher street and Neppert street in Mulhouse, Neppert gardens ZAC (joint development zone).

It includes 59 social rental dwellings developped by SOMCO, with an approach in the continuity of Cité Manifeste’s dwellings project.

The aims of the projetc are first defined in terms of quality of living :

- to create dwellings with surfaces bigger than the standards

- to offer additionnal and intermediate spaces, with different characteristics than traditional rooms in an individual house, that widen the uses, the diversity of spaces and the climatic atmospheres.

- to bring the collective housing close to the qualities of an individual house, in developing outdoor spaces that extend the indoor rooms.

- to optimize the number of dwellings in comparison with the plot capacity, in order to develop an efficient project's economy that allows to build the largest possible surfaces for housing.

Some of the dwellings are duplex apartments. The flats , from T1 to T5, are dual-aspect.

The living rooms, south-east oriented, open on to an unoverlooked terrace, that can be fully closed in winter.

hese wintergardens, widely opened in summer, define a bioclimatic system, with a wide natural ventilation, allowing to avoid overheating problems, and create a buffer space in winter, taking advantage of the sun radiation. Besides they offer an extra space for uses in addition to the living rooms

The construction is performing in terms of energy saving.

The constructive system is mostly composed by industrialized elements.

The project’s concept satisfies the requirements regarding the respect for the environment, the energy saving, and fits to the sustainable development philosophy, including the inhabitants quality of living as a main criteria.