Val di Prato, Vallemaggia, Ticino, 2018. Alpine hut renovation and expansion:
In 2017 the Soveltra hut, located along the Rii of the Prato valley, tributary of the Maggia, was victim to a fire. To fix the damages caused by the fire and add an expansion to the alpine hut, owned by Società Alpinistica Valmaggese (SAV), a competition was announced.
The project foresees the reconstruction of the carpentry elements which were burnt. The occasion is used as well to partially reorganise the building. The path continues to the inside, dividing the ground floor diagonally: on one side the dinning room and on the other side the service rooms. Additionally. an expansion is included, constituting of two small prefabricated buildings dedicated to hosting hikers. Their position helps define the external space of the hut, forming a courtyard.