Covered Gardens celebrates the encounter between landscape and architecture. From Antiquity to the present day, this exploration reveals the poetry and romanticism that patrons and designers have infused into each of their creations. Popularized in the early 20th century with the use of reinforced concrete and the precepts of the Modern Movement, evolving through technical, regulatory, and societal innovations, the covered garden has today become an urban model in its own right. At a time when climate change is impacting cities and architecture is being called upon in both form and function to address it, the covered garden, born of individual or political will, is emerging today as an essential—and now regulatory—tool in the making of the city.

To study, compare, and analyze this "5th facade," the ChartierDalix agency and studio serp selected 19 European buildings, some heritage treasures, others more discreet works, from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii to the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, including the building designed by the Perret brothers on rue Franklin in Paris. Dedicated to family, individual, or collective housing, each building and its garden were redesigned and analyzed based on surveys, site visits, and archival documents. This collection is dedicated to all those who wish to work towards the reconciliation of architecture and the living world.