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nuovo bivacco alpinistico LUCA PASQUALETTI al Morion
Full text linkThe project of the realization of the bivouac on the Morion ridge in Valpelline (Valle d’Aosta) is the brainchild of the local alpine guides Espri Sarvadzo (“Wild Spirit” in the local dialect).
Along the ridge there are some really remarkable but basically ‘forgotten’ itineraries. For example the long traverse leading from the Col of Mont Gelé to Mount Berrio. The realization of a bivouac in the severe Morion environment was an extraordinary design challenge: the setting-up of a structure isolated from any sort of network, able to withstand the continuous combined action of extreme weather conditions (temperatures even below -20°C, wind up to 200 km/h, heavy precipitations and meters of snow on the ground) required construction choices characterized by maximum simplicity and efficacy combined with a great performance in terms of protection and resistance.
The high altitude context particularly inaccessible and remote, characterized by complex orographic and geological aspects, required a careful arrangement of every logistic aspect of such an extreme building site, possible only during a short period of summer and bound to perfect weather conditions, as well as dependent on the careful planning of the construction sequence and transport of pieces, people and equipment.
Every component was sized according to its transport and handling during the final phase of laying and assembly by helicopter, looking for the maximum lightness related to structural solidity.
The bivouac is devised to be completely reversible, following the philosophy of minimal environmental impact. The structure lays on non-permanent foundations anchored to the rock in a punctual and not invasive way through a basement in metallic carpentry and can be removed at the end of its life cycle without leaving permanent traces on the ground.
All the components were completely mounted dry, without using concrete. They are recyclable and ecologically certified. The high quality of the materials and finishes guarantees durability and wear resistance, preserving the living comfort and reducing future maintenance
Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti at Morion
No full textOn the 10th of September 2018 the new bivouac Luca Pasqualetti has been placed and made operational at its final destination, the hardly accessible Morion ridge in Valpelline (AO) next to the spectacular rocky hole of Becca Crevaye, at an altitude of 3290 m. The project of the realization of the bivouac on the Morion ridge in Valpelline (Valle d’Aosta) is the brainchild of the local alpine guides Espri Sarvadzo (“Wild Spirit” in the local dialect). Along the ridge there are some really remarkable but basically ‘forgotten’ itineraries. For example the long traverse leading from the Col of Mont Gelé to Mount Berrio. The aim of this project is the rediscovery of these places by lightly improving their availability for mountaineering: a simple structure such as a bivouac, positioned in a remote place with a difficult access, is specifically conceived to stimulate a niche alpinism, interested in the beauty of the wild and solitary Valpelline places, conscious of the commitment and respect required by high altitude environment. The realization of a bivouac in the severe Morion environment was an extraordinary design challenge: the setting-up of a structure isolated from any sort of network, able to withstand the continuous combined action of extreme weather conditions (temperatures even below -20°C, wind up to 200 km/h, heavy precipitations and meters of snow on the ground) required construction choices characterized by maximum simplicity and efficacy combined with a great performance in terms of protection and resistance. The high altitude context particularly inaccessible and remote, characterized by complex orographic and geological aspects, required a careful arrangement of every logistic aspect of such an extreme building site, possible only during a short period of summer and bound to perfect weather conditions, as well as dependent on the careful planning of the construction sequence and transport of pieces, people and equipment. Every component was sized according to its transport and handling during the final phase of laying and assembly by helicopter, looking for the maximum lightness related to structural solidity. The bivouac is devised to be completely reversible, following the philosophy of minimal environmental impact. The structure lays on non-permanent foundations anchored to the rock in a punctual and not invasive way through a basement in metallic carpentry and can be removed at the end of itslife cycle without leaving permanent traces on the ground. All the components were completely mounted dry, without using concrete. They are recyclable and ecologically certified. The high quality of the materials and finishes guarantees durability and wear resistance, preserving the living comfort and reducing future maintenance
Ricostruzione del bivacco Oreste Bossi – Andrea Filippi Reconstruction of the bivouac Oreste Bossi – Andrea Filippi
No full textRECONSTRUCTION OF THE BIVOUAC ORESTE BOSSI – ANDREA FILIPPI - 2023.
place: Valtournenche, Colle del Breuil - 3.345m (Aosta).
Il progetto per la ricostruzione del bivacco Bossi-Filippi, sulla cresta del Furggen del Cervino, si potrebbe definire un’operazione minimale di rigenerazione architettonica che tocca aspetti di natura paesaggistica, storica, simbolica, sociale ed economica per la comunità locale legata all’alta montagna. La rimozione della struttura obsoleta e la sua sostituzione con un nuovo bivacco ecologico e performante è un piccolo tassello per la rigenerazione della rete dei bivacchi sulle Alpi occidentali, di interesse per coloro che frequentano l’alta quota nel tempo libero, come per coloro che vi svolgono attività professionali. Il bivacco funge da punto di appoggio alla salita al Cervino lungo la cresta del Furggen sebbene tra gli obiettivi della ricostruzione vi sia la valorizzazione del luogo in sé, visto il contesto ambientale e paesaggistico di assoluto interesse. Esso costituisce infatti anche un osservatorio privilegiato sugli effetti del cambiamento climatico, che in alta montagna si presentano in tutta la loro drammatica evidenza.
Il nuovo bivacco, posato in opera durante due sole giornate di lavoro nell’autunno 2023, è esito di una decennale ricerca progettuale e costruttiva in alta montagna
La produzione architettonica contemporanea in area alpina attraverso la lente della regionalità / Contemporary architectural production in the Alpine area through the lens of regionality
Full text linkÈ possibile, a partire da analisi e interpretazioni a base regionale, elaborare una riflessione sui caratteri della produzione architettonica contemporanea nel territorio alpino europeo?
Questo primo numero inaugurale della nuova serie propone uno sguardo panoramico attraverso architetture, progetti, processi che, a partire da una lettura comparata, mette a fuoco continuità e differenze nella “cultura del costruire” tra le diverse aree alpine.
Is it possible to discuss the characteristics of contemporary architectural production in the European Alpine area, starting from regional analyses and interpretations?
This first inaugural issue of the new series offers a panoramic outlook through architectures, projects, and processes that, through comparative interpretations, highlights continuity and differences in the "building culture" among the various Alpine areas
Andare per RIFUGI
No full textAutentiche sentinelle del territorio, i rifugi alpini sono anche scrigni di storia e di memoria: raccontano vicende, a volte epiche, sempre appassionanti, legate ad avventurose ascensioni, alle contese territoriali (sullo sfondo delle guerre mondiali e della Resistenza), alle culture del costruire. L’itinerario tocca, tra i quasi 2000 siti italiani, i rifugi più emblematici per la storia del rapporto tra uomo e montagna: dal Ca’ d’Asti, il più antico, all'Alpetto, la prima struttura ricettiva del Cai, dal rifugio Nuvolau, il primo delle Dolomiti, ai rifugi Sella e Tuckett che testimoniano le tensioni irredentistiche in Trentino; ci porterà sul fronte della grande guerra il rifugio Caduti dell’Adamello, mentre i rifugi Brioschi e De Gasperi ci parleranno della montagna partigiana, e la capanna Margherita di quella di massa; infine il Sasso Nero introdurrà i temi dell’architettura contemporanea e dell’ecocompatibilità
Shelters in the Night. The Role of Architecture in the Process of Understanding High-Altitude Areas
Full text linkThe design and construction of huts in the Western Alps, which developed from the late eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth, constitutes a key step in the process of discovery and cultural appropriation of the mountains. The installation of stable shelters offering overnight accommodation at high altitudes, superseding the precarious bivouac-style campsites, makes it possible to carry out wide-ranging scientific, alpine and geographic explorations there for the first time. Such shelters act as catalysts in the transformation of the alpine region from an ancestral space to an outpost of scientific knowledge, the “playground” of mountaineers, a place of symbolic and political conquest and, successively, a site of loisir for tourists.In just a few decades, mountain guides and mountaineering associations played a decisive role in this process, initiating the progressive physical alteration of high-altitude areas and paving the way for a widespread building and infrastructural colonisation that has been constantly evolving to this day.Structurally, mountain huts and bivouacs reflect the ways in which the space, landscape and time have been conceptualised and used over the ages, forming an interesting area of study: from the early structures, which were self-contained and impervious to the surrounding landscape, serving merely to provide protection from the outside, up to today’s landmark structures
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