ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/892349/reconstruction-of-a-chalet-frundgallina Wed, 30 May 2018 02:00:00 +0000 Daniel Tapia https://www.archdaily.com/892349/reconstruction-of-a-chalet-frundgallina The project replaces a small dilapidated construction of the 1960s and strictly respects its original exterior dimensions, a legal requirement to protect the Swiss Jura Mountains from all invasive constructions. To address the breath-taking landscape of equal beauty from all sides, the building area has been divided into four identical portions of about eight square meters. These four floors have then been placed at different chosen heights to ensure their accessibility from the outside. This results in a rich spatial variety achieved mostly by the change in floor-to-ceiling height. The effect is that of large steps turning around a central axis. Three of the four floors have two different levels creating a total of seven specific spaces.

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