REFUGE DU GOUTER
The team worked eight hour days with 40 per cent oxygen during the four month windows the mountain allowed
which was assembled on-site. The same machine, in drilling mode, anchored 69 pilings into the solid rock at an average depth of 12m, to guarantee the stability of the building and secure the refuge on its ridge, where wind speeds can exceed 250 km/h. The construction was undertaken in stages. In year one the team tackled the foundations, in the second year the building and envelope were created and in the final year the inside fit- out was completed, including the furnishings.
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Because there are no power, water or sewage systems at the site, the building had to stand alone and the team found some ingenious solutions to the challenges they faced. For the first time ever in an architectural project, a sanitation system used by submarines was put in place to deal with waste water and sewage.
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There are almost 100sq m of solar panels
around the building providing energy and hot water, but this was deemed insufficient to allow for more than two weeks of cloud cover, so a bio-fuel emergency generator was developed which works with both normal fuel and a more environmentally friendly rapeseed oil to provide a back-up for the solar system. A system was also invented to melt ice
around the structure. There were two reasons for this: firstly to generate water for showers and flushing toilets, and secondly because if the ice wasn’t cleared it could push on the building and cause structural damage. The final piece of the technology jigsaw puzzle was a dual-flow ventilation system which was developed to allow warmth to be harnessed from the actual guests. The building is only heated to 10 degrees, with the rest of the heat required coming from the Alpinists'
Refuge du Goûter Prizes and awards
n Winner: Archi Design Club Awards 2014, Paris.
Category: Exceptional project n Winner: German Design Award 2014/Iconic Awards.
Category: Public Architecture n Winner: Eurasian Prize
2012-2013, February 2013 n Winner: Rhône-Alpes Award
Palmares Bois 2013 n Winner: Geneva Award of Sustainable
Development, June 2012 n Winner: Special Jury Award of France-Switzerland Chamber for Trade and Industry (CFSCI) January 2012
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