From Page: “Evolver is an architectural artefact intervening on the panorama surrounding Zermatt. It was designed and executed by a team of 2nd year students from the ALICE Studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. In an effort to take full advantage of the site’s extensive and astounding views, the project sits strategically next to the lake Stelli at an altitude of 2,536 m (8,320 feet).

Evolver’s structure mainly consists of a succession of 24 rotating frames supporting an enclosed space that visitors are encouraged to enter. As he or she progresses through the space, a concealed but uninterrupted 720° movement is unraveling along a transformed panorama.

This transformation occurs while inside a person is moving along a selective string of openings only to be caught peeling off a sequence of unexpected views from the original landscape.

Wobbling below and above a distant horizon, ground and sky have been reorchestrated into an orbiting panorama by a journey that has already culminated to where it started: A loophole on the skyline.”

please tell me you’ll take that dog dirt off this place?

you’re very contradictory… you think you’ll appreciate the nature with that, you say that the pictures are bad (why??? because IT S BAD, it doesn’t mean nothing exept pointless preocupations) it is not even an experiment, …
how much did it cost all togheter (paying the students, helicopter, furniture…) and where did you get the money for?
is that the new epfl style nowadays?

maybe it s sculpural but a 1:10 model would have been enough, you dont revolutionate nothing at all

if this are our new architects, aiiiie, but im sure you like it

View seems to be the only concern but that shows the building can have little meaning beyond that function. Looking at trace concepts of the sites past can reveal really cool elements to drive a design. Geoology, History, Environmental, archeological, scientific..all explore the particulars of THAT place. The result can be a design that personally responds to the site and has greater meaning. It worked for me!

Understand the context as well, its as much a mental manifestation as it is a physical one. Our perception is one of awe, a vastness of landscape with a canvas of simple contrasts in forms, materials and colours. The architect should understand that, ignoring the context is dangerous and leads to a pointless and odd looking insertion.