Chalets and Mountain Lodges for the Andermatt Resort

Stone Mountain Lodge seen from garden in winter.

Project details

• Project Name: Chalets and Mountain Lodges for the Andermatt Resort
• Location of Site: Swiss Mountains, Andermatt, Switzerland
• Design Team: Philip Loskant
• Project Type: Residential
• Client: Samih Sawiris, ORASCOM, Cairo, Egypt
• Contractor/s: Alpine Destination Company, Altdorf, Switzerland
• Site Area: 1,200 sq m
• Built-up Area: 550 sq m
• Cost of Construction: 4.1 Mil CHF
• Date of completion: Schematic Design 2007

Wooden Chalet seen from garden.

Words from the architect

The Andermatt Tourism Resort is aproject by Samih Sawiris, head of the egyptien ORASCOM company. The Resort is planed to be opened in 2012 in a small village in the swiss mountains. In order to get apropriate designs for this sensitive task, ORASCOM invited renown architects for schematic designs. Philip Loskant architect was elected to design, among others, two types of private residential mansons.

Living room with fireplace.

The Mountain Lodge type is a one and a half story high manson. The designs commemorate two types: The traditional swiss chalet and the american 1970's modernistic lodge. Both designs aim to merge the regional architectural languages with modern international manson styles.

Underground pool with glazed, operable roof.

The two Mountain Lodge types have the same floor plans, but differ in material and appearance: The "swiss chalet" is designed in a traditional, wooden typology with large projecting roofs but modern large glazed facade. The "american lodge" is constructed in concrete with stone cladding in the basement and white painted wooden upper parts.

Both types feature the same floor plan with living and dining room at the ground floor, opening to the garden, and bed rooms in the upper floor. The basement is occupied by a wellness area with pool, stretching out to the garden.

Credits

• Text: Philip Loskant
• Photographs: Visualisations P. Loskant