New Thermal Spa,
Merano South Tyrol/ Italy

SCOPE OF WORK

Spa and Hotel: steel framework with doubleskin glazing. Sun/glare protection. Transommullion façades in ad-ministration area. Façade constructions, entrance area and ground floor. Wood/ alu-minium windowsystem with sliding wooden louvers.

INNOVATIONS
AND CHALLENGES

DATA

ARCHITECT   Baumann Zillich (draft architect); Matteo Thun (building architect)

Worked in the Sotsass Associati practice. Later co-founder of the Memphis Design Group, which dominated design in the 1980s. Own studio founded 1984. Alessi, Bulgari, Chopard, Tiffany, Swatch, Stoll… are all on the client list. Likes? Caravaggio! Dislikes? Walter Gropius! Statement: "our practice strives for interaction between architecture and industrial design … clarity above complexity … functionality above daring visuals.”

Selected Awards

• 2003, Innovation Prize Architecture and Technology, ADI design system.
• 2004, If Design Award “Onlite” for Zumtobel.
• 2004, Golden Compass, highest Italian Design Award.

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