PROJECTS & HOSPITALITY
architecture designed by the local architect Othmar Barth (1927–2010). Scagnol says, “Barth worked for Pier Luigi Nervi for the Rome Olympics of 1960 and received a solid Austrian education. He is a pillar of South Tyrolean architecture and introduced the international inspirations of Kahn and Le Corbusier to the Alpine area by translating them into the local context. He skillfully worked between different design scales (the child of carpenters, he often also designed the furnishings himself for his projects). He managed to exalt, without camouflaging, the expressiveness of common materials such as brick and exposed concrete, before this approach became popular. This was the case for Haupthaus, the first work of contemporary architecture protected by the province of Bolzano even though it was fiercely opposed when it opened in 1962, mainly because of its contrast with the nearby seminary.” The building has a trapezoid shape to adapt to the form of the land and features several elegant rotations. It was modified by Barth himself several times, 136 | IFDM
ACADEMY
Bressanone, Italy
