Peter Pichler Architecture, in collaboration with Arch. Pavol Mikolajcak, won a competition to design a new mountain hut at 2.000m in the Italian Dolomites in 2015.

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Architects: Peter Pichler Architecture, Pavol Mikolajcak

Location: 39050 Obereggen, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Oskar Dariz

Client : Obereggen AG / Spa

Engineer : Dr. Ing. Andreas Erlacher

Project Team: Peter Pichler, Pavol Mikolajcak, Gianluigi D´Alosio, Simona Alu, Giovanni Paterlini, Matteo Savoia, Silvana Ordinas, Krzysztof Zinger, Jens Kellner

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From the architect. Peter Pichler Architecture, in collaboration with Arch. Pavol Mikolajcak, won a competition to design a new mountain hut at 2.000m in the Italian Dolomites in 2015.
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The new hut contains a restaurant and is located next to the cable station Oberholz in Obereggen with direct connection to the ski slope.

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The cantilevering structure grows out of the hill like a fallen tree with three main branches creating a symbiosis with the landscape. Each of them is facing towards the three most important surrounding mountains. At the end of the branches a large glass facade frames the surrounding mountains from the interior of the hut. The sloped roof shape of the glas...