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Construction Sustainable

Holcim Awards 2008 Europe

Bronze: Autonomous alpine shelter, Monte Rosa hut, Switzerland

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After six years on the drawing board (inset) - two of which as a student project design - and a construction phase spanning two summers, the New Monte Rosa Hut near Zermatt opened in September 2009 (main image).

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Type of project:
Architecture (tourism)
Start of construction:
May 2008
Main author:
Andrea Deplazes, architect, Studio Monte Rosa, DARCH, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


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Project Summary

Beside the Monte Rosa glacier in the Swiss Alps, the Autonomous alpine shelter, Monte Rosa hut has been built by a partnership led by ETH Zurich. In splendid isolation, the building operates under extreme climatic conditions, is fully self-sufficient, and demonstrates that sustainable construction is possible anywhere.


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Holcim Awards Bronze 2008 Europe (l-r): Marcel Baumgartner, Andrea Deplazes and Kai Hellat presenting a model of their project.

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Autonomous alpine shelter, Monte Rosa hut, Switzerland
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