Wood in Form and Function

- best architects '21 - Winner
- German Design Award 2021 - Special Mention
- BIG SEE architecture Award 2020 - Winner
- BIG SEE wood design award 2020 - Winner
- BIG SEE wood design award 2020 - Grand Prix
- German Design Award 2021 - Special Mention Eco Design
- German Design Award 2021 - Special Mention
- Häuser des Jahres 2020 - Winner
- HÄUSER Award 2021 "Nachhaltige Häuser" - Winner
- Premio Architettura Città di Oderzo XVI 2020/21 - Finalist
- dezeen awards 2021 - Shortlist
- materialPREIS 2021 - Winner
- Design Educates Awards 2022 - Honorable Mention
- Architekturpreis Südtirol 2022 - Nominierung

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Enthusiasm is the fuel
that encourages clients, architects, and craftsmen to dare something new.
Yes, a WOODEN HOUSE – but that description falls far short of the reality.
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The clients, Sandra and Nicol Alberti Mutschlechner and their family of Hotel Aqua Bad Cortina in St. Vigil in Enneberg, South Tyrol, have taken the – perhaps overused – concept of “sustainability” and developed it further. Much further. That was the first step. The next was to find an architect who could support this vision, and a timber craftsman with the necessary expertise. Before long, Pedevilla Architects and holzius solid timber houses became part of the team. The rest is enthusiasm.

Information – Energy – Matter
Client – Architect – Craftsman

Those who engage with spirituality, as the client does, may find access to this project somewhat easier.
Here, spirituality permeates form, space, and substance. Principles that many planners or construction companies would gladly decline.
Pedevilla Architects and holzius accepted the challenge.
And the result, in advance: complete satisfaction on the part of the clients.

The concept of “sustainability” is no longer the same.
Only craftsmen from the immediate surrounding area were involved in the construction of this house.
For the basement, sand from local Dolomite rock and thermal water from the property’s own spring were used. The concrete was mixed on site.
All stone slabs were cut from boulders found in the nearby Dolomites.
And the wood – it comes from trees felled by the “Vaia” storm of 2018, practically within sight of the construction site.
They had to be recovered from extremely inaccessible terrain.

Interior exclusively arolla pine moon wood, felled at the ideal time according to the lunar calendar.

These are just a few examples of the logistical challenges involved.