Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse by Joseph Di Pasquale

Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse by Joseph Di Pasquale is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Gull in Arkitektur-, bygnings- og strukturdesign Competition Category.

GullArkitektur· 2023

Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse

by Joseph Di Pasquale

Client: Hotel Villa Madonna

A' Design Award i Gull Winner in Arkitektur Category

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The Design

About Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse

Villa Madonna er en utvidelse av et hotell i Alpe di Siusi, Italia, ferdigstilt i 2021. Utvidelsens form følger linjene i det omkringliggende landskapet, og hovedfasaden er rettet mot toppen av fjellkjeden Sciliar for å ramme inn utsikten mot tinden. Stein, glass og tre er brukt, alle hentet fra leverandørkjeder med lave karbondioksidutslipp, for holdbarhet og høy energiytelse. Utvidelsen rommer en resepsjon, et forfriskningsområde samt lese- og samtalerom. Dagslys kommer inn gjennom åpninger som bevarer den materielle kontinuiteten i ytterveggene.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Gull

Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse er vinner av A' Design Award i Gull, en enormt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles førsteklasses, praktfulle og enestående design. Gullvinnere er usedvanlig nyskapende, visjonære og glamorøst blendende skaperverk som gjenspeiler designernes geni, visdom og dyktighet. Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse forventes å være en høyt rost, trendsettende og monumental oppfinnelse som gir enestående verdi. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Gull, er et spektakulært, respektert prosjekt som i høy grad gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Villa Madonna Hotellutvidelse skaper intense følelser av begjær, vekker lidenskap, oppmuntrer til kreativitet og fascinerer oss.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The morphology of the extension was determined by the purpose of identifying meaningful relationships with the natural context.This approach has allowed the adoption of an architecture that, while strongly differentiating stylistically and linguistically, manages to converse harmoniously with the more traditional character of the building to which it is juxtaposed.
Tags: Eco Hotel Alpe di Siusi, Mountain Architecture, Organic Design
Production Technology: The criteria that governed the choice of materials was to use technical materials that would ensure durability and high energy performance, which, however, would take up the logic of tradition in mountain buildings: stone, glass and wood.
All materials used come from a supply chain with low carbon dioxide production.
Design Challenge: The most complex part was to design a building envelope that would integrate with the pre-existing landscape and 'hotel, but at the same time could take on with new architectural significance.
Research: The design research was done by observing the surrounding area and bringing back into the architecture itself the lines that make up the surrounding landscape.
Light was used as a natural element of intersection and connection between interior and exterior, thus generating an architecture that could fit in and become a homogeneous part of the landscape.
Inspiration: The main inspiration was determined by the orientation toward the summit of the Sciliar mountain range. The axis identified in this way determines the alignment of the main façade of the intent space with the goal of capturing the view of the peak. From an architectural point of view, the intervention relates to the existing building by interpreting the basic compositional role using only technical materials that would, however, resume the logic of tradition in mountain buildings.
Project Duration: Built in 2021, Alpe di Siusi, Italy
Operation Flow: The new extension is integrated into the existing architectural context through a new re-functionalization of spaces.
The recepion, a refreshment area, and different reading-conversation rooms were included in this new shell.
Light and views of the outdoor space filter into the interior through physical discretizations of the infills without affecting the perception of their material continuity over the entire perimeter of the extension.
Image Credits: Image #1: Ezio Manciucca
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