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Vallazza

Asaggio Architecture

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Konstantin Volkmar
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JURY VOTES
Co-Living Complex
5.84
6.50
6.28
6.24
6.21
Dennis Vlietinck
Dennis Vlietinck Head of Design at Wink
5
6
5.5
5.5
5.5
Nicolas Delefosse
Nicolas Delefosse Founder and Creative Director at NDDO
6
7
7.5
7.5
7
Farid Ziani
Farid Ziani Partner Architect Designer at KTX archiLAB
6
7
6
7
6.5
Gilbert Khalil
Gilbert Khalil Director of Design and Technical Services at Sunset Hospitality Group
5
6
6
6
5.75
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann Director of Interior Architecture at Snøhetta
6
7
6.5
6
6.38
Giovanni Zaccariello
Giovanni Zaccariello SVP Global Visual Experience  at Coach
6
7
7
6
6.5
Asif Din
Asif Din Sustainability Director at Perkins&Will
6
7
6
6
6.25
Liqun Lin
Liqun Lin Executive Director at Xiamen Wenqu Decoration Design
6
7
6
6
6.25
Deepak Jawahar
Deepak Jawahar Cofounder at The Architecture Story
6.5
7.5
7
7
7
Jocelyne Sacre
Jocelyne Sacre Design Strategist at Consultant
5.5
6
6.5
5.5
5.88
Cathy Figueiredo
Cathy Figueiredo Cofounder at Wanna
5
6
5
5
5.25
Dirk Osinga
Dirk Osinga Founder at STUDIOSINGA
Concept spearhead. Simple straightf...
5
6
5
5
5.25
Sontaya Bluangtook
Sontaya Bluangtook Associate Design Director at UNStudio
7
6.5
7
7
6.88
Lucy Bagshaw
Lucy Bagshaw Project Director at Tp Bennett
7
7
7
7
7
Lisa Adams
Lisa Adams Director of CitizenHKS & Sustainable Design Leader at HKS
5
6
5.5
6.5
5.75
Baoyu Tian
Baoyu Tian General Manager at Foshan Shengtianjia Lighting Equipment
6
6
6.5
6
6.13
Klein Dai
Klein Dai CEO at Algebraist Brand Management
6
6
6
6
6
Bangsheng Yang
Bangsheng Yang Founder at Yang & Associates Group
5.5
6
6.75
7
6.31
Woody Yao
Woody Yao Director at Zaha Hadid Design
6.5
6.5
6.5
6.5
6.5
Client
Forestis
Floor area
2736 ㎡
Completion
2022
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The former restaurant »Vallazza« was demolished and rebuilt as the new Staff Residence »Vallazza«, residential house for the employees of FORESTIS.

"The employees are the spearhead of the company"

The basic idea for the design of the building was the spearhead, from which the gable roof and the pointed shape of the building were modeled. Coming from the valley, this forms the appearance of the building. In the basement, a stone wall stretches along the street. Due to its simplicity and straightness, the building fits into the existing terrain and integrates harmoniously into the landscape.

One of the main themes is the idea of complementary between architecture and nature, the symbiosis among the human actions and the environment. To preserve the memory of the landscape and the mass of the mountains, the building was shaped in a monolithic form, defined by a cladding in wooden slats. Using local larch wood and concrete from the near mountains strengthens the bond with the context, by creating a great sense of belonging. The materials are enhanced by the bond between shape and meaning, in which their own quality is defined by their surfaces and their way of application. The building has the main role to let the people enjoy the beauty of a wild landscape, unspoiled and not yet reduced to the scale of man.