ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/925733/black-body-mountain-shelter-andrea-cassi-plus-michele-versaci Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/925733/black-body-mountain-shelter-andrea-cassi-plus-michele-versaci A Black Opaque Body at High Altitude
In physics a black body is an ideal object that totally absorbs the energy, re-irradiating it in the surrounding environment. Leaning on a small pass beneath the last slopes near the summit,  Bivacco Matteo Corradini is a dark prism with an hexagonal profile, nestled in the alpine landscape. A metal shell capable of protecting it from high altitude extreme weather conditions and absorbing the maximum solar radiation.

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