Article source: ATELIER 8000

Architecture

ATELIER 8000 participated in the international architectural competition for a new Kežmarská chata (the Kežmarská Hut) in the High Tatras.

The competition entry developed by our studio proposes a succinct shape of a simple cube which is seated on one of its vertices and aims at inducing a feeling of lightness and randomness in the observer. Due to its position within the landscape the cuboid evokes an erratic block left behind by the retreating glacier. In the context of mountain peaks the sharp edges of the building merge into the outline of the neighbouring rocks when viewed from distance and thus naturally join the landscape of the site.

Image Courtesy © Jan Cyrany

• Architects: ATELIER 8000
• Project: The Kežmarská Hut
• Location: Mountains High Tatras, Slovakia
• Photography: Jan Cyrany
• Year: 2014

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