APRÈS-SKI:
ECO VILLAGE LES DIABLERETS
APRĂˆS-SKI: ECO VILLAGE LES DIABLERETS
Presented on occasion of the third annual Eco Village conference Les Diablerets, August 28th 2014
APRÈS SKI Eco Village Les Diablerets Les Diablerets is a village in the French speaking Swiss Alps. It lies between Lake Geneva and Gstaad at an altitude of 1200m, its summit at 3200m. This small village is surrounded by a massif rock wall and was regarded as a dangerous and cursed place, thus its name, French for ‘small devils’. The village is remotely located yet well connected to larger cities in the valley through a network of paths, roads, and public transportation. As such it represents a dynamic center where architecture, landscape, climate, population, infrastructure and natural resources, are delicately interrelated.
In the last few years, local villagers, municipal officials, intellectuals, economists, and politicians have convened in Les Diablerets to discuss the concept of ‘Eco Villages’: sustainable development strategies for shared challenges in Swiss alpine communities. These challenges include the impact of climate change on seasonal economies, the national transition from nuclear to renewable energy, new policies restricting vacation home building in villages, limitations on migrant workers in Switzerland, and others. Together, these represent systemic and interrelated challenges to the social and economic infrastructures that village life in Les Diablerets and all alpine communities depend on. 4
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The term Après Ski (after skiing) traditionally refers to those social activities with friends after a day on the mountain. But in the context of the Eco Village, “after skiing” asks instead how the design of new rural development concepts can encourage a broader mix of social, economic and environmental infrastructure throughout all seasons? How does “after skiing” become shorthand for new global definitions of sustainability? In early 2014 a team of twelve students from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, led by professor Toshiko Mori- with funding from Eco Village Les Diablerets, Swissnex, Presence Suisse, and additional support from Canton de Vaud, Ecos, and Liebreich Foundation-set out to ask these questions. The team visited Les Diablerets between January 31st and February 6th, in order to meet with villagers, local, and canton officials. While there, the team worked to study the context: developing a broad set perspectives on the complex ‘architecture’ of the challenges and the opportunities for the future of Les Diablerets. With these perspectives in mind, the studio sought to look at the other side of the “coin”- of the rapid urbanization phenomena so often quoted in today’s global dialogue. Within this ongoing shift, however, stabilizing rural communities has never been more essential in alleviating the massive exodus to large cities that we witness today. In order for rural villages to survive, they need to retain young people, create jobs- and most importantly- continue to produce food, conserve natural resources, and encourage sustainable tourism models. The results of these efforts are illustrated in this pamphlet and represent a timely strategy for approaching Les Diablerets as a local case study with global relevance.
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CHALLENGE: SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS 2020
AGEING throughout the commune, from the 1980’s to the early 2000’s, effectively flipped the ratio of children and young working age residents to middle and retirement age residents. 03 0-39 yrs 60-65+ z
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VACATION HOMES are projected to claim 64% of all overnight stays in Les Diablerets by 2020. 26
OPPORTUNITY: MAKING OLD MARKETS NEW MARKETS
ECOLOGICAL ZONES that constitute nodes within the Swiss National Ecological Network (Federal Office for the Environment) define the immediate boundaries of the village of Les Diablerets:
NUCLEAR POWER, which fuels 40% of Switzerland’s energy needs will be phased out in 2034. 11
CHALLENGE: ENERGY POLICY
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OPPORTUNITY: NEW COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURES
TELECOMMUTING is increasing as Les Diablerets population absorbs more 2nd home owners from foreign cities. 09
OPPORTUNITY: MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES
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AUTOMOBILE USE to the workplace rose from 33% of the commune to more than 55% between the early 1980’s and the early 2000’s.
OVERNIGHT STAYS are projected to decline by 33% in hotels and grow by 55% in vacation residences by 2020. 25
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INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TEENAGERS such nightlife opportunities and social events are lacking in Les Diablerets. 06
CHILD CARE SERVICES and daycare facilities are few in Les Diablerets and act as a negative driver for sustaining young families in the area. 07
VACATION RESIDENCES have experienced growth by a factor of 2 to 1 over year round residences in the years between 1980 and 2009. 04
INDUSTRY Less than 8% of the commune is involved in the primary sector (Agriculture) while nearly 19% is involved in the secondary sector (manufacturing) with the majority, 73% of the commune, employed in the tertiary sector (services). 23
CHALLENGE: MARKET WEAKNESS
VISITING FAMILIES and individuals from outside the region account for 60% of home owners in Les Diablerets by some estimates. 05
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HOMES WITH CHILDREN have declined in just over one generation from 38% (1980) to 14% (2009).
LAND USE throughout the commune is constituted as 1/3 agriculture, less than 1/3 forest and nearly 1/3 unproductive. Only a small fraction is considered built up with buildings and infrastructure. 16
CHALLENGE: LAND-USE MANAGEMENT EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL AREAS for mid-latitude grazing including historic Alpagés, follow the Grand-Eau valley, along Route du Papillon through Les Diablerets, the highest village in the valley. 17
MARKET SHIFTS over time have steered the local economy of Les Diablerets from one driven by agriculture to today’s tourism and real estate market. 22
CHALLENGE: STAKE- HOLDER MISALIGNMENT
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33% Agriculture 31% Forested 32% Non-productive 03% Settled
NATURAL RESERVES such as the Vallon de Nant immediately bounds Les Diablerets to the south and is home to an enormous variety of unique flora and fauna. 20
WILDLIFE CORRIDORS depend on the unique ecological zones which bound Les Diablerets on the north and the south of the central village. 21
PROGRESS and lack of dynamism is cited as a discontent amongst some year round residents in Les Diablerets. 34
OPPORTUNITY: NEW MODELS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SKI LIFT INFRASTRUCTU RE upgrades are lagging in Les Diablerets. The Isenau gondola, built in 1953, was only last upgraded in 1974. 14
OPPORTUNITY: DESIGNING CULTURES OF DECISION MAKING
TAXATION policies are cited by year round residents as a positive incentive for maintaining permanent residence in Les Diablerets. 30
LEGISLATION restricting the construction of new holiday homes beyond 20% of the total share of homes in tourist regions were accepted by Swiss voters in 2012. 31
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PHASE 1
Studio Research
As much as brick and mortar, the ‘materials’ dealt with in the Après Ski studio included energy, agriculture, water, governance, transportation, job creation, skill gaps, and the social and political reality of Les Diablerets. In Phase 1 of the studio, the design team conducted research and analysis on rural issues of education, mobility, energy, and community in order to envision a thematic framework for tactical architectural interventions.
EDUCATION GLOBAL TO LOCAL ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
LOCAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Institutional and academic partnerships in Les Diablerets focus on environmentally sustainable strategies.
Academic programs which offer curricula promoting environment and sustainability.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCES & INITIATIVES
Attracting and connecting thought leader communities focused on clean energy and sustainable development.
The first theme, Education, reflects a vision for new educational opportunities in Les Diablerets: connecting Global talent to Les Diablerets’ unique culture and ecology. This could be accomplished through a range of initiatives that include developing an international academic infrastructure that emphasizes sustainability programs. In this scenario Les Diablerets would become a host to high profile environmental conferences and initiatives while sponsoring local research on global issues including ecology and sustainable development. The second theme, Mobility, would generate opportunities to explore principles of sustainability through even the most simple day-to-day acts of moving around the village. This is envisioned as a move to fully integrate 8
MOBILITY
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
VEHICLE PARKING MANAGEMENT Strategies designed to minimize adverse effects on the village center while encouraging public transportation systems.
INTEGRATED MOBILITY SYSTEMS
IMPROVED PUBLIC SPACE
Electric vehicle phase-in, parking improvement and a holistic integration and optimization of train bus, pedestrian, bicycle, and lift systems. An infrastructure hub at Les Isles creating links to provide access to Glacier 3000, Isenau, Meilleret-Villars-Gryon and the train station, aquatic and wellness center.
Public space design will encourage village street life, pedestrian areas, and accessibility to village amenities.
personal and collective mobility systems along with comprehensive parking management and mitigation throughout the village. Additionally, public space improvements would be designed to address a broad spectrum of age groups, demographics, and needs of the village populations.
ENERGY
HYBRID SYSTEMS ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
NET ELECTRICITY EXPORTS
Local energy generated from hydro, biomass and photo-voltaic systems will be harnessed to power lifts and trains in and around the village of Les Diablerets.
Supported through sustainable hydro, biomass, and photo-voltaic pilot projects, Les Diablerets will aim to develop a net electricity export economy.
LAND & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Initiatives developed in coordination with renewable energy projects will ensure preservation and sustainable use of Les Diablerets’ landscape resources and protection of species habitat
The third theme, Energy, represents one of the most important steps to radically rethink the relationship between infrastructure, consumption, and natural resources in alpine communities. In this context Les Diablerets is envisioned as a testing ground for renewable energy systems including hydro, biomass, wind, and solar. These systems could yield 9
new infrastructure models such as with energy generating mountain lifts and small-scale solar systems that would work to turn domestic energy consumption into a benefit to the local economy. Together, these models will operate to make the connection between energy, infrastructure, and land-use policy transparent to the local population.
COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE STRATEGIES ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
GREEN HOTEL DEVELOPMENT
New hospitality development will encourage the integration of passive building standards and sustainable energy systems throughout Les Diablerets.
PROMOTION OF LOCAL PRODUCTS
Support of local industries will encourage future activity within the secondary (production and manufacturing) sector in Les Diablerets.
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Programs will be developed to monitor unchecked over-development with an eye towards sustaining a balance between local heritage and future spatial needs in the community.
NATURAL RESOURCES & ALPINE HERITAGE
New resident and tourist programs will highlight the activity of and history surrounding alpine industry and landscape practices while promoting future economic growth.
EXPANDED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
The development of new, green, world class athletic and recreational facilities will encourage year-round activities such as swimming, climbing, cycling, skateboarding and more.
The fourth theme, Community, defines sustainability to include social and economic development projects alike. These projects are measured by their ability to engage the shared interests of a diverse population of individuals, families, and business owners. This may include development projects such as green hotels, architectural preservation, and expanded recreational facilities- all designed to equally benefit year-round and temporary populations. Likewise initiatives that promote natural resources and alpine heritage will work to strengthen the values and ‘sense of place’ so vital to ensuring resilient and lasting communities. Because of the incremental growth of Les Diablerets, there are multiple gaps that need to be mended to ensure that this rural community can thrive into the coming decades. By networking key resources we may envision a holistic and sustainable framework to achieve this. The “Après Ski” vision presented here represent an ambitious vision for new economic, ecological and social sustainability capable of addressing 21st century challenges. 10
RESOURCES LOCAL NETWORKS ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
ECO.VILLAGE TOWARDS A NEW APRÈS-SKI ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
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EDUCATION GLOBAL TO LOCAL ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
MOBILITY
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
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ENERGY
HYBRID SYSTEMS ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE STRATEGIES ECO.VILLAGESLES DIABLERETS
Full-time Family
Student Secondary Resident/ Telecommuter
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Pensioners Local Manufacturer
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PHASE 2 Architecture and Design Interventions Phase 2 of the studio involved ten proposals for large and small-scale interventions in Les Diablerets. Each proposal represents a potentially game changing opportunity to test future scenarios for a sustainable and vibrant village life. These include: a congress center expansion, new spa facilities, a glacier tourism center, bridges and path systems for ski lifts, a concert hall, a local museum, a farming school, and a gastronomic center and markets. Each is considered with sensitivity, intelligence and holistic study. Collectively they integrate planning, architecture, resource investigation, production, and an overall consideration of their socioeconomic impacts. Below a shared set of values creates a common thread that links the diverse set of proposals: Integrating Climate and Architecture in a Rural Community: Architecture holds the potential to act as a responsive entity to extreme climate and weather conditions. In this capacity architecture establishes links between climatic performance, economic, political and socio-cultural dynamics to the context that it exists within. Balancing Conservation, Preservation, Sustainability, and Social Cohesion: The architectural interventions for the village of Les Diablerets look to balance historic preservation and the conservation of local heritage with sustainability, ecology, and social cohesion. In this role, the architectural elements serve as game changers in the role that they will play in their future village life. The purpose of these interventions are studied through diverse scales of influence that increase the limits of their connectivity. Global and Local Issues as Materials of Exploration: Architecture functions as a vehicle for understanding the relationship between larger global issues and local problems. As much as the physical components and tectonics of buildings, ‘material’ is defined more broadly. It brings to bear on architectural questions with concepts such as, energy, agriculture, water, government, transportation, job creation, skill gaps, and social dynamics. Locally Climate and Culture in the Valley: Vernacular forms such as chalets and maison alpina represent opportunities to reflect on contemporary architecture and historic 14
continuity through years of iterative use. The experience of life in the village, social interactions, landscape, and mobility all represent layers above the brick and mortar. This is an interconnected cultural network that includes adjacent villages and the chalets, local concert events, ski areas and lift systems, terrain, connectivity and convenience.
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Hutte: Reconsidering the Vernacular Yoonjee Koh
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Art Outpost: Alpine Museum Stefan Di Leo
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Water as a Resource: Local Hydro-power Plant & Wellness Center Ronald Lim
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Spa on the River: A Place for Viewing Natural Beauty Sally Hartzell
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New Train Station Alexander Karadjian
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Avant Après-Ski Benjamin Ruswick and Brian Haulter
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Places for Community Joon Chae
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Eco Village School EJ Yoo
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Seasons and Food Jorge San Martin
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Vision for New Isenau Brian Chu and Conor Coghlan 15
HUTTE Reconsidering the Vernacular
1. Summer programmatic site perspective
This project locates minimal, light, temporary structures in the mountains. These huttes become destination points where a hiker or skier experiences only what a rural mountain-scape can offer. The huttes are minimal, prefabricated, and easily transportable structures. They are assembled as a kit of parts, which operate differently throughout the four seasons.
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An immobile timber frame structure and a set of mobile box spaces compose an “equipment,� which introduces a new typology by systematizing the original form of a Swiss Chalet. The hutte can be constructed by the village carpenter, using local labor to activate the village economy.
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3. (left) Spring perspective. (right) Fall perspective
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ART OUTPOSTS: ALPINE MUSEUM Confronting climate change and sustaining tourism through art and design
1. Existing alpine infrastructure spanning
2. Existing alpine infrastructures connecting multiple villages
Existing infrastructures could be repositioned to support tourism through all four seasons. An Alpine Museum at Col du Pillon (located between Gstaad and Les Diablerets) could leverage the expensive hotels, pristine ski runs, designer shops, and celebrity presence of Gstaad to bolster the already successful Glacier 3000 attraction in Les Diablerets at Col du Pillon. An existing decommissioned military bunker at Col du Pillon could be opened to the public and operated privately through the museum. The museum would serve as an epicenter for a series of platforms along hiking trails and intersections between ski-lifts to display site specific contemporary art installations that demonstrate and make visible the impact of climate change.
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3. Site plan illustrating context of museum
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4. First floor plan of museum
5. Interior of first level of museum
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WATER AS A RESOURCE Local Hydro-power Plant & Wellness Center
1. Outdoor pool space during summer: view looking back to the village
My project seeks to give Les Diablerets a new identity as an attraction by utilizing its abundant natural resources, and by inserting new programs. The local hydroelectric power plant first uses the water as a resource to create and demonstrate how energy is generated. Then, new programs such as spa, sauna, pool, and massage area inserted to benefit the local families and visitors. These facilities use both the clean water and energy generated from the plant.
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2. Overall hydrology network of Les Diablerets 20
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3. Hot Spa Area during Winter: more private and calming experience
4. Section showing the relationship between the surrounding landscape and the building 21
SPA ON THE RIVER A Place for Viewing Natural Beauty
1. Viewing lounge located at the eastern end of the building frames a panoramic view of natural context
This spa project is motivated by the desire to celebrate the natural characteristics of Les Diablerets that make it uniquely beautiful. In celebrating natural beauty, this spa will be a year-round tourist attraction that contributes to environmental awareness by facilitating the connection between visitors and natural beauty. The spaces vary in qualities of light, temperature, moisture, and connection to the surroundings. The site selection for this project maintains a direct connection to the center of existing hotels, restaurant and retail attractions. Program includes a cafe, yoga studio, lap pool, play pool, hot and small baths, two saunas, and a variety of lounge spaces.
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2. Plan: colors illustrate use of materials - wood, stone, and water - that create a variety of experiences
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3. Elevations: building animates river and changes in appearance depending on season.
4. Site plan: building frames three main views of glacier, landscape and town
5. Lap pool and lounge located at western end of the building frames views along river 23
NEW TRAIN STATION
1. Model (photo).
2. Facade facing Meilleret.
This infrastructural intervention in Les Diablerets has both a planning and an architectural component. A new train station is proposed as the end stop for the train from Aigle, which will still pass through the old train station. The location of the building aims to accommodate the future expansion of the village, and more specifically the upcoming construction of recreational centers that are to be developed in the same region. The geometry of the train station is derived from the shape of a typical chalet that is rotated 90째 sideways in relation to its vertical axis of symmetry. The rotated chalet is then sliced along one of its four continuous edges connecting its base and the roof, and is eventually stretched so as to result in a geometry appropriate for the longitudinal nature of the program of the building. 24
3. Facade facing the village.
4. Geometrical evolution of the envelope.
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8. Train station entrance and bus stop.
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AVANT Après-Ski
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1. The Network is grafted onto the existing fabric, creating orientation systems and zones of play Avant Après Ski seeks to better integrate the tourist experience with the local conditions to create a functional, harmonious, and navigable experience of Les Diablerets. A flexible architectural system composed of deconstructed interventions are scattered throughout the village. These interventions, way-finding and place-making mechanisms of varying scale and program, orient users through line-of-sight connections, systematizing pedestrian flow and unifying the landscape’s more extensive infrastructures - grafting itself onto both transportation and recreational nodes. The network and the participation it yields cultivates a learned collective movement that composes a legible, interactive figure - a continual shared event. 26
2. The Bus Stop is an signal intervention, introducing tourists to the system in operation.
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3. Activities are engineered seasonally, occupying zones generated by the sight-lines and path system.
4. The sight-lines between interventions string disassociated areas of the village together to create a common, comprehensible system of movement. 27
PLACES FOR COMMUNITY Places for community
Places for community
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ECO VILLAGE SCHOOL International Boarding School for Les Diablerets
1. Administration Building in Eco Village School in winter The Eco Village School is the international boarding school, focusing on environment and sustainability, for both international and local students in Les Diablerets. It would be a new economic foundation of eco village and bring young people to maintain demographic balance. The entire village is its campus because the school would utilize existing facilities such as Maison des congress, Parc des sport and local farm in the village as a part of their school. Unlike typical fake campus of boarding school, the Eco Village school is totally embedded in real village and this will create a strong community about sustainability. Therefore, both the school and eco village can share mutual benefits.
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SEASONS AND FOOD Sustainability in Agriculture and Local Food Markets
1. Site Plan: open ground level for food markets and ad hoc appropriation of public space Faced with the threat of melting ice and snow, climate change poses a severe challenge world-wide. This project references traditional Swiss agriculture and food production, as a way to rejuvenate contemporary dialogue on local ecology, economic and social sustainability. A community garden, public market and civic building, are proposed to cultivate interaction between traditional producers, processes and modern consumers. While the design anchors it immediate success on tourist food commerce and consumption, its long term goals highlight the potentials of community driven, local food production and self-sustained agriculture.
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2. Multi-Functional: food cultivation, preparation, storage, transportation, retail, consumption and waste recovery.
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3. Modular Assembly: phasing and possible 4. Typical Section: wood construction above expansion of the structure and cast-in place concrete construction below
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A NEW VISION FOR ISENAU A Sustainable Future for Les Diablerets
1. 1:200 site model showing bridge, hostel, plinth and ski lift
The new vision for Isenau began from an indepth analysis of the Swiss mountain village of Les Diablerets. The project attempts to resolve the immediate infrastructural problems while also addressing the ongoing discussion of climate change and the future of snow. The plinth acts as a new geography, precisely directing ski, pedestrian and vehicular circulation on site, while the bridge completes the end of Isenau ski slope and forms a covered entrance into the youth hostel below. The open multi-use plinths provide space for ski circulation in the winter and local food and wine markets in the summer, ensuring the site has life in all seasons. Ski
Village Hostel Vehicle
2. Circulation diagram showing flows from hostel(yellow) village(blue) ski(red) and vehicle(white)
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3. 1:100 sectional model of ski lift showing interior spaces and structural systems
4. 1:100 sectional model of hostel and bridge showing integration with landscape
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APRÈS-SKI: ECO VILLAGE LES DIABLERETS © 2014
Studio funding generously provided by:
Additional support provided by:
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Research and Design Team: Professor: Toshiko Mori Studio Assistant: Chana Haouzi Design Students: Joon Chae Conor Coghlan Brian Chu Stefan DiLeo Sally Hartzell Brian Haulter
Alexander Karadjian Yoonjee Koh Ronald Lim Benjamin Ruswick Jorge San Martin EJ Yoo