Land+Living: Vigilius Mountain Resort

Architecture — March 16, 2005 Posted by James

A modern mountain retreat in Italy

There is a certain equation that we cant resist:

modern design + mountain location We can't help it. We must blog it. Those of you who read us often already know that.

I flipped past this really quickly at Wallpaper a while back... but I was in a hurry and didn't realize that it contained the magic variables, so I didn't delve further.

Located in the middle of South Tyrol at 1500 meters, this resort is accessible only by cable car (add another childhood fantasy point for this one). Designed by Milan based architect (and one time creative director for Swatch) Mattheo Thun, the structure is at once sleek and organic. Each room contains a fabricated rammed earth wall which serves as a divider and thermal mass for the embedded radiant heating elements... nice.

Visit: Vigilius Mountain Resort
Firm: Mattheo Thun
Via: Earth Architecture

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fernando salgado — April 19, 2005
la visual

esta pajn es muy interesnte por el concepto que da a conocer que es espacialidad que es una determinanate mas en el diseño de un edificio, el concepto de interiorismo tambien se da y eso le da gran fuerza al diseño. felicitaciones por su pajina.