36 PROJECT REPORT: HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & BARS
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“On a project where you have to work so efficiently and fast, the first thing you do is to work on trust”
The project was very carefully planned to not encumber any of the existing views from the lake, and scaled such that the new building virtually disappears behind the old hotel. Taking advantage of the slope, the architects designed a new basement level into the hill using 5,000 m2
of blocks,
which, as Macullo says, preserved views from the lake to the hills behind. To help it sit discreetly in the site, the new rectangular guest block was firstly therefore set back behind the original building although above a new entrance and podium level. When a visitor arrives at the new entrance, which is near the lake, the new building is virtually invisible. And, with most of the entire podium volume housing the spa hidden underground, “you don’t really feel there is a built volume,” says Macullo, “you see the landscape continuing up from the park by the lake to the top of the hill.” He adds that this continuity makes the effect of the overall composition “very light.”
© Fabrice Fouillet
The guest block’s elevations have been staggered, creating deep terraces with generous outdoor space for guests. These offset balconies around three facades resemble teeth in plan, and are a result of angling all the rooms so they all have views of the lake. This also creates canopies viewed in section, that continue the roof
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slope downwards over the terraces. The balconies are screened in pinkish white- painted planks on the north side, with gaps creating a “game of shadows” and allowing further light into rooms while giving guests privacy.
The language of the new building follows its function, but also “adopts the symbolic traits of the historic buildings,” commented the architects, “recalling the proportions and character of the vernacular, but expressed in a contemporary way, combining the organic with the geometric.” There is a clever drainage detail terminating the pointed canopies; square-profiled downpipes, painted off-white to blend with the timber screens, and providing a discreetly harmonious solution. The choice of timber as the key material for the project was also important to help the building tie in to traditional Swiss architecture, and appealed to the architects as a means to help a somewhat abstract form blend with neighbouring buildings. The pale colours of the new volume, in addition to the roof’s shape and material, have been carefully chosen to complement the existing buildings.
Davide sums up the effect of the whole (the new guest block, the landscaped spa podium level, and the new office building for the client, plus the historic hotel) as
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