자연을 즐기다. 해발고도 4,000미터, 러시아 엘프러스 산에 위치한 에코호텔; 리프러스3912는 모험을 즐기는 산악인, 익스트림 스포츠를 즐기는 스키어를 위한 피난처이자 안식처로 제공된다. 90년대 화재로 망실되었던 피난소의 위치에 새롭게 제안되는 호텔은 지역관광회사(North Caucasus Mountain Club; 관광상품 개발과 운영을 같이한다.)와의 협업을 통하여 시작, 사람이 거주하기 힘든 극한의 자연환경 속에 인간과 자연이 조우하는 새로운 관광장소를 컨셉으로 시작된다. 이제 극한의 자연환경은 아름다운 풍경으로 이곳을 찾는 방문객들에게 선물된다.
리니어한 원통형; 튜브의 형상으로 제작된 호텔은 공용공간과 벙크타입 침대로 구성, 총 49명의 잠자리를 제공하도록 디자인 되었으며, 추가로 레스토랑과 욕실 타입이 제작 설치된다. 극한의 자연환경을 슬기롭게 극복하기 위한 디자인의 방법론은 효율적이며 합리적인 구축방법과 기능공간 그리고 이를 효과적으로 운영하는 시스템의 완벽한 조화 속에 완성된다.
기성으로 제작된 튜브는 (원통형 우드스트럭쳐 위에 레진과 파이버글래스로 마감, 가벼우면서도 견고한 형태가 완성된다.) 헬기를 이용, 구간별로 이송, 조립, 구축되며, 향후 50년 운영수명을 위한 지속가능한 시스템으로 태양광 시스템과 눈을 이용한 중수시스템 그리고 내부로 유입된 태양열을 효과적으로 보온하는 단열시스템이 완비된다.
reviewed by SJ
Energy efficient and boasting incredible panoramic views, the eco-hotel LEAPrus 3912 located on the side of a dormant volcano at an altitude of 4,000 metres is set to be Russia’s next tourist hotspot.
One
of several projects planned to boost tourism in the area, the three
tubes that comprise LEAPrus 3912 sit under crisp blue skies, on the
startlingly white snow close to Priut 11, a former refuge that was
destroyed by fire in the 90s that was never rebuilt. Operated by the North Caucasus Mountain Club
(the company responsible for tourism development in the region), the
hotel opened last September and sleeps 49 people (usually mountain
climbers). It sits on the southern side of Mount Elbrus in Caucasus, Russia
- the highest peak in Europe and one of the world’s Seven Summits.
Despite extreme weather conditions, the collective of Italian architects
behind the hotel, is convinced of the region’s potential for tourism,
''...the vastness of the unique natural landscapes and the ancient
troubled history of its peoples are the centrepiece of a great potential
interest.''
LEAPfactory
is known for specialising in designing accommodation for extreme
environments; their first project of this kind is the fully functioning Nuova Capanna Gervasutti (2011), a refuge in the French Alps (Mont Blanc, Courmayeur).
In exactly the same style, the LEAPrus 3912 complexconsists of pre-fabricated resin and fibreglass tubes
that were airlifted via helicopter onto the site. Far from being a
scenic wooden Alpine cottage, the hotel actually looks more like a space
station. The interiors are long corridor-shaped communal spaces lined
with bunk beds. The third tube houses the restaurant and the bathrooms
are located in a fourth block.
The hotel’s total area is 139 sq m and its remote location means that it needs to be as efficient as possible.
The challenge the designers explored throughout the project was how to
build accommodation in uninhabitable environments, which could be used
in response to present and future accommodation crises. The tubes
function on systems that maximise efficient energy use. Snow is melted to supply water in the bathrooms and
the complex has its own mini sewage treatment
plant (LEAPecoR) especially designed for high-altitude usage allowing
for almost 100 per cent of waste to be recycled. It also features solar
panels producing a supply of electricity, an internal solar thermal
system designed for heat recovery, efficient LED lighting and under
floor heating. The mountain station is furthermore regulated and
controlled via satellite offsite to facilitate effective year-round
management - and has a lifespan of 50 years.
Located at dizzying heights in an environment that is notorious for its
extreme climatic conditions, the station boasts some of the most
spectacular mountain views of the northern Russian Caucasus. Designed
to provide users with real comfort, the interiors and the architectural
design of the units are unique providing a close visual relationship
with the surrounding landscape whilst providing elegance, functionality
and durability.
With comfort and self-sufficiency LEAPfactory’s main goals for the all-new settlement on the highest mountain in Europe, the result is unprecedented. As LEAPfactory
continues its research into the realisation of innovative solutions
like these, we can expect to see more prefab modules going up in some of
the most inhospitable regions of the world in the not-so-distant
future.
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