Author: Gion Caminada
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Disentis monastery girls’ boarding school , Disentis-Mustér,Switzerland
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Stiva da Mors in Vrin, Switzerland.
‘Stiva da morts’ – a community mortuary building and not merely a room or hall for viewing the deceased – expresses a particular attitude to an architectural task that is currently in growing demand throughout the region. Traditional burial rites that included viewing the deceased in his or her own home are steadily disappearing. More…
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Gasthaus am Brunnen in Valendas, Switzerland.
The brief for this guesthouse project consisted of the renovation of an old building in the central square of Valendas and the construction of a new annex over the ruins of an adjacent stable, now derelict and unusable. The project basically includes a community functions room, a gourmet restaurant and eight guest rooms. The new wing not only…