place Forcella Marmarole (Belluno)
year 2015
client CAI Auronzo
Contest
CAI Auronzo, in collaboration with the Foundation Architettura Belluno Dolomiti and with the support of AKU Italy srl, Bim Piave and the Municipality of Auronzo, has launched an Ideas Competition for the acquisition of a preliminary project for the construction of an alpine bivouac.
“A mountain you really learn to know when you sleep upon it.” Julius Kugy
The group of designers, passionate climbers and ski mountaineers, has extensive knowledge of the mountain. People aware of how to use of the bivouacs at high altitude, management problems and functional of these structures, the strong interaction of the weather with the mountain environment, the dynamics related to the snowfall and all that entails the mountaineering activity at high altitude during the whole year.
The visit, during which have been observed the topography of the entire site, the access routes to the Forcella Marmarole and snow conditions, has spearheaded the design process.
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