Winner of the architecture competition in 2012, Studio Gardoni Architectures discreetly fit this major facility into the small town of Chamonix and more particularly into the valley?s grandiose landscape. Rising from the slope, the building is covered up by the ground of the clearing, and is destined to disappear when the nature once again reclaims its rightful place. 

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Architects: Studio Gardoni Architectures

Location: Chamonix, France

Area: 2752.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jerome Ricolleau

Landscape: Atelier Anne Gardoni

Bet Tce: OTEIS

Bet Vrd: SOTREC

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From the architect. Winner of the architecture competition in 2012, Studio Gardoni Architectures discreetly fit this major facility into the small town of Chamonix and more particularly into the valley?s grandiose landscape. Rising from the slope, the building is covered up by the ground of the clearing, and is destined to disappear when the nature once again reclaims its rightful place. 

© Jerome Ricolleau

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