Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects shared with us their competition proposal for an AquaPark in the Swiss Alps where they won the second prize. Located in an exceptional geographical context, the quality of the alpine setting was decisive in shaping the design of this particular water park. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The building sits under a green roof that merges subtly with the existing topography. The building is half-buried in the ground to reduce the height of the roof and minimizes the impact of the construction on the park and its surroundings.The inside setup is a small artificial rocky valley smoothed and polished by erosion, and through which flows a clear mountain river. It is a reconstruction of a wild and idyllic alpine environment, open to the outside landscape of Crans-Montana, thanks to the building’s generous glass facades.
