Fort Chambray is a luxury development in an old historical city within a fortress on the Mediterranean Island of Gozo. Located on its own exclusive promontory, the fortress has outstanding views of Mgarr Harbour and the Maltese Archipelago.   FORT CHAMBRAY is unique and exclusive in every imaginable way.

Fort Chambray is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting property investment opportunities in the Mediterranean and Europe. Originally built by the Knights of St John as a fortied city, the Fort combines an eclectic and exciting history with an impressive future as a centre for luxury, excellence and all the good things in life.

The project is split into three unique phases, one of which is complete and another of which is well underway. A unique sense of individualism and great respect for the past and the local environment has been injected into every stage of the project’s development.

This Phase is now complete and many residents are moving in. So much passion has gone into creating a residential area that blends history with the future. Special attention has been given to every stage of the process.

The large pool area, which includes a beautiful deck, blends in effortlessly too as the chosen paint colour was beige, a much more natural option than the bright blue often seen.

The winding walkways through Fort Chambray are evocative of a desert oasis, with sand-coloured stones offset but natural-coloured wood and bright-green plants.

The units, a collection of villas with private pools, duplexes and luxury apartments are all unique – no two are identical.

The second phase of this project, has nearly been completed, and includes a choice of 85 two- and three-bedroom single and duplex units respectively.  Located in a highly landscaped pedestrian environment embellished by varieties of plant species and water features, the units are surrounded a large common pool with ample decking space. 

Work is currently underway on a revised masterplan that includes a proposal for Phase 3 of the development. The historical Knights Barracks and the British Barracks will further be integrated with the creation of a proposed boutique hotel that is intended to animate the public spaces within Fort Chambray.

All works will be completed at minimum convenience to residents as each section has been segregated in such a way so as not to disturb anything that has already been finalised. 

Historically, the Knights of Malta always inteded Fort Chambray to be an entire development, a city planned in a grid-like fashion and incororating the Knight's Barracks, strategically located at the fucrum of the while settlement.

The concept has been developed further to  make best use of the historical assets located within the Fort, found at a series of nodes and landscaped  open spaces at public, semi-public and private areas.

This strong urban design concept lies at the foundation of the development's design, with the resulting blocks located in a manner that exploites the views of the fort (both seaward and inward country views), and with the futture blovks planned to respect the original historical intent and configuration that links up and relates to the individual historical landmarks and public areas.  

Designing in such a heavily historical and committed context requires a sensible and intelligent approach that does not copy or reproduce, but that reinterprets existing motifs to create a new and complementing design that fits in the particular context that is Fort Chambray, as opposed to competing with the surrounding architectural features. The design objectives have therefore revolved around finding new ways of reinterpreting traditional vernacular architecture and complementing the masonry stonework with timber, metal, glass and (to a limited extent) concrete features in a balanced and orderly fashion.

The three-centred arch, traditionally such a strong masonry structural motif, has been reinterpreted to produce the flat arch… the typical closed timber balconies have become contemporary apertures with fixed and openable louvers that complement the stonework… traditional stone mouldings have become simple and elegant recesses (imbroll) in the stone, emphasizing the horizontal linearity that direct pedestrian movement along public spaces, and continue being contemporarily interpreted in metalwork above. In effect, the modern elements themselves complement the more traditional building elements in a harmonious fashion and do not detract from their importance.

A strong and consistent environmental and energy efficient approach has been adoped to throught the entire development, from the design of the residential blocks to the open spaces that surround them. 

The residential blocks are worked in pairs, spearated by partially covered internal street that creates temparate transitional spacebetween the more exposed outer areas and the internal environments.  Soft and hard landscaping is a prevailing element within the whole project, including trees and water elements.  

On a micro-scale the external walls of all the residences are double-leaf cavity walls whilst all glazing used is low-emmissivity, double glazing and the majority of apertures are further supplied with external louvres to block out the sun if required whilst permitting  the opening of the internal glazing aperture, even on rainy days, to ventilate the rooms. 

All these measures prvide acceptable U-values that compy with the EU's Energy Directive and that guarantee an energy efficient performance of all the units.