Appropriate Bistro Bergsteiger, Sesto Restaurant, Northeast Italy Architecture, Italian Architecture Photos
Appropriate Bistro Bergsteiger in Sesto
11 September 2021
Design: Plasma Studio
Location: Sesto Dolomites, Northeast Italy
Photos by Florian Jaenicke
Appropriate Bistro Bergsteiger
Located in the midst of the Unesco Natural Heritage area of the Dolomites of Sesto, in a position used as a tourist hotspot, Bistro Bergsteiger fits properly and carefully into its natural and built context.
The edge of an embarkment, located along a well-known hiking trail, is used to insert the new volume and to integrate it into the surrounding topography.
The view from the entrance to the valley, on a mountain landscape that closes the area to the south, is not reduced by the insertion of the new volume, just as it does not visually interfere with the existing protected building.
The dimensions are reduced as much as possible, and the geometries adapt to the existing presences.
On one side, the building faces the Cima 12 towards south, and on the other side it dialogues with the surrounding buildings.
In plan, the new volume aligns with the listed building, while the reduced heights are studied to connect its southern elevation with the overall profile of the constructed elements. The result is an architecture that is “appropriate” to the context, which nevertheless develops with character.
The double-pitched roof surface is treated with intensive green and rises towards the main view; full-height windows allow the eye to wander over the mountain landscape. The interior is designed in order to offer an undisturbed view to as many visitors as possible.
The main room is composed of different areas: the counter, the circulation space, and the two dining areas, defined in order to enhance the sense of intimacy and tranquility, and to allow a wide view thanks to the difference of height between the floors.
The glass façade that separates the interior space from the exterior terrace can be opened: in good weather, the outdoor space can be extended inwards.
In terms of materiality, the building is inspired by the nearby listed structure: spray plaster inside and outside, and a larch wood cladding designed as a contemporary reinterpretation of the old decorative motif.
Exposed screed and plaster prepared with local stone and sand, the use of Dolomite stone, and local larch wood for the furnishings enhance the relation of the new building with its context.
Nomen est omen: the owners of the bistro are the descendants of mountaineering pioneers, Michl and Sepp Innerkofler, and the documentation of their first ascent is part of the interior design.
Dialogue with the context and moderation in the intervention define a project that is fully defined in its “appropriateness”.
Appropriate Bistro Bergsteiger in Sesto Dolomites, Italy – Building Information
Architects: Plasma Studio
Type: Hospitality, Interior
Status: Commission, Built
Location: Sexten, Italy
Year: 2021
Client: Hotel Dolomitenhof GmbH
Design team: Eva Castro, Niccolò Dal Farra, Ulla Hell, Holger Kehne, Giulia Mariotti, Irene Mutschlechner, Peter Pichler, Chuan Wang
Collaborators Team: 4, Klaus Seeber
About Plasma Studio
Folding space into space, Plasma Studio draws landscapes into buildings, streets into façades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes, and bodies into unforeseen relationships that challenge conventional topographies and spatial codes. An architecture of trajectory and momentum, which responds to the specificities of the local context.
Plasma Studio has evolved to productively engage with the complex potentials and challenges of today: its diverse locations in Europe and Asia enable the firm to mediate local conditions and particularities with a global scope.
Photos: Florian Jaenicke
Appropriate Bistro Bergsteiger, Sesto Dolomites images / information received 210720 from Plasma Studio architects
Location: Sesto Dolomites, Northern Italy, central Europe
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