“Oh, it’s scary to go over the moor …” (Annette von Droste-Hülshoff – 1842)

Moors have always been mystical places full of secrets and drifting moods. The specific characteristic of such a genius loci served as the central design inspiration for noa*?s (network of architecture) project, which entailed the redesign and extension of the former “Moarhof” hotel at the end of the Valser valley, which is surrounded by moorland at about 1,300m altitude.
Photography: Alex Filz
The result of this mystical transformation is the 4-star-S Hotel “Silena”. With its? swamp-colored, organically angular and integration into the landscape, it appears to be growing out of the unstable ground as a place of tranquillity, strength, and soul, designed down to the smallest detail. The surrounding archaic nature as well as the southeast-Asian touch of the interior and the extensive accompanying program, which was specially requested by the client, were the decisive factors for the final outcome. Photography: Alex Filz
NATURALIST-ASIAN ARCHITECTURE
The oldest part of the original hotel occupied the south-west side of the spacious hotel area before the intervention of noa*. In the course of the redesign in 2017, it was demolished down to the supportive structures and suspended ceilings and then redesigned according to the naturalistic-Asian concept. The structure of the south-east wing, which was added in 2011, has been preserved. An earth-color...