By BRABBU
Zaha Hadid Architects it’s one of the most well know studios in the world and today we present you one of their newest and jaw-dropping projects.
The Messner Mountain Museum is Zaha Hadid’s third project in the Alps, following her seminal Bergisel Ski Jump – a project that despite its relatively small scale has been landmark in the architect’s early career – and the 2007 Norpark Cable railway station, both in Innsbruck. The architect’s new alpine adventure, officially inaugurated this month, is equally fairly modest in scale, but not ambition. it is also unashamedly modern, featuring the office’s signature architecture curves.
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The Messner Mountain Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects was inaugurated a few days ago in the Dolomite Alps. Photography: Wisthaler
Masterfully carved into the top of Mount Kronplatz, some 2,275m above sea level, this new museum dedicated to mountain climbing sits at the heart of South Tyrol’s most popular ski resort in the Dolomites. This is the sixth and final such museum created in collaboration with renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner – the existing ones in Firmian, Dolomites, Juval, Ripa and Ortles are scattered across the region, designed by different architects.
The striking project is embedded into the top of the area’s Mount Kronplatz. Photography: Wisthaler
Three concrete elements jut out of the mountain’s side, marking the museum’s presence
Equipped with large openings, these elements help bring plenty of natural light, deep into the building. Photography: Werner Huthmacher
The displays present the development of modern mountaineering and 250 years of progress in terms of the climbers’ equipments. The architecture team aimed to take the visitors into a journey inside the mountain’s grottos, Hadid explains, before leading them out to the terrace on the opposite side, at the lowest level, to experience panoramic views of the region.
The structure includes ample space for exhibitions, as well as offices and a cinema. Photography: Werner Huthmacher
The interiors feature the office’s signature architectural curves. Photography: Werner Huthmacher
At the building’s one end, the visitors can go out to a terrace that offers panoramic views of the mountainous surroundings
Zaha Hadid’s museum celebrates mountaineering and the technological achievements revolving around climbers’ equipment
Surrounded by the famous peaks of the Zillertal, Ortler and Dolomites, the new Messner Mountain Museum is immersed into its surroundings, at one with its rocky context.
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