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Umbrüggler Alm | Restaurant in the mountains
Umbrüggler Alm | Restaurant in the mountains
Innsbruck, Austria
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Umbrüggler Alm | Restaurant in the mountains
Innsbruck, Austria
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
Awards
2018 AIT AWARD 2. Preis | Kategorie Restaurant
2017 best architects award Gold
2017 Prix Versailles | Kategorie Restaurant | Beste Innenraumgestaltung in Europa
2016 Auszeichnung des Landes Tirol für Neues Bauen
2015 Auszeichnung klimaaktiv Silber
Location
In the middle of towering spruces and steep slopes, a clearing in the forest welcomes the hiker or skier. It is a place that invites you to stay a while, offering sunshine and a view. To make the most of these two features, the building has been situated on the upper edge of the existing meadow, directly below the forest path. A restaurant garden invites with open access, while the structure provides cover from behind to guests; a shingled roof offers protection from sun and weather, and from a distance the chimney visibly signals a place of hospitality.
Architecture
The landscape has been subtly altered to accommodate the alpine inn, with the terrace made to rise quite naturally from the surrounding terrain. People can come and go, see and be seen here at leisure. Long benches stretch along the perimeter of the building, allowing visitors to take in the view of the Inn Valley while sheltered from the wind. At points where no illumination or access to the structure is needed, there is also no façade – the volume is submerged in the terrain. The roof, symbolically made of larch shingles, varies in slope along the span of its organically designed ground plan. Grey with weathering, the roof takes its place among the silhouettes of the mountain spruces.
Interior
The central focus and pivotal point within the interior space is the bar. This attraction serves as the reference point for the spacious lounge arranged around it, which can be furnished flexibly to encourage conversation. Lined with benches, the wall with the window offers a sweeping panorama of almost 180°, with the protruding roof offering shade and framing the view. The interior of the guest rooms is clad with roughly sawn Swiss pine. This material with its surface finish, while in some sense an import from Vorarlberg, has been expressly commended by the Innsbruck Forestry Office. The ceilings are clad with slatted acoustic panels made of Swiss pine. In the large room, the open fireplace made of black sheet-steel offers space for suspending a Kaskessel cheese cauldron. This archaic element has its roots in the tale of the Kasermandl, a beneficial goblin who is supposed to have dwelt in the historic Umbrüggler Alm. The smaller guest room allows also private groups to be entertained, having a separate, discreet entrance from the kitchen and featuring an open fireplace clad in Höttinger Brekzie, a variety of natural stone quarried locally. The chairs have also been designed by the architects, aided by several prototypes, and they in fact won a prize at Handwerk&Form 2015, a design competition in the Bregenz Forest region.
Nature exhibit
A highlight of the interior design is the nature exhibit. In place of a third guest room, a small room with a limited view into the nearby forest completes the tour of the ground floor. Here the visitor is greeted by a large, solid maple model of the Nordkette mountain range. Separately accessed projections display information on the geology, watercourses, biotopes and much more. On the walls round about, shutters open up at the press of a button, displaying showcases with preserved specimens of birds, animal tracks, excrements and other items. This exhibit, which displays nature on the small as well as the large-scale, taken in conjunction with the walk through the surrounding woods, provides a comprehensive impression of nature in the Nordkette range.
Sustainability
The heated space of the building is very compact. The building skin is heavily insulated, and even building regulations require the installation of a comfort ventilation system with heat recovery. The aim has been a construction technique in line with the principle of energy conservation. A log furnace is used, allowing wood from the immediate surroundings to be used for heating. In this way the city of Innsbruck retains any income, and transparent routes of transport over short distances are ensured in the long term.
2018 AIT AWARD 2. Preis | Kategorie Restaurant
2017 best architects award Gold
2017 Prix Versailles | Kategorie Restaurant | Beste Innenraumgestaltung in Europa
2016 Auszeichnung des Landes Tirol für Neues Bauen
2015 Auszeichnung klimaaktiv Silber
Location
In the middle of towering spruces and steep slopes, a clearing in the forest welcomes the hiker or skier. It is a place that invites you to stay a while, offering sunshine and a view. To make the most of these two features, the building has been situated on the upper edge of the existing meadow, directly below the forest path. A restaurant garden invites with open access, while the structure provides cover from behind to guests; a shingled roof offers protection from sun and weather, and from a distance the chimney visibly signals a place of hospitality.
Architecture
The landscape has been subtly altered to accommodate the alpine inn, with the terrace made to rise quite naturally from the surrounding terrain. People can come and go, see and be seen here at leisure. Long benches stretch along the perimeter of the building, allowing visitors to take in the view of the Inn Valley while sheltered from the wind. At points where no illumination or access to the structure is needed, there is also no façade – the volume is submerged in the terrain. The roof, symbolically made of larch shingles, varies in slope along the span of its organically designed ground plan. Grey with weathering, the roof takes its place among the silhouettes of the mountain spruces.
Interior
The central focus and pivotal point within the interior space is the bar. This attraction serves as the reference point for the spacious lounge arranged around it, which can be furnished flexibly to encourage conversation. Lined with benches, the wall with the window offers a sweeping panorama of almost 180°, with the protruding roof offering shade and framing the view. The interior of the guest rooms is clad with roughly sawn Swiss pine. This material with its surface finish, while in some sense an import from Vorarlberg, has been expressly commended by the Innsbruck Forestry Office. The ceilings are clad with slatted acoustic panels made of Swiss pine. In the large room, the open fireplace made of black sheet-steel offers space for suspending a Kaskessel cheese cauldron. This archaic element has its roots in the tale of the Kasermandl, a beneficial goblin who is supposed to have dwelt in the historic Umbrüggler Alm. The smaller guest room allows also private groups to be entertained, having a separate, discreet entrance from the kitchen and featuring an open fireplace clad in Höttinger Brekzie, a variety of natural stone quarried locally. The chairs have also been designed by the architects, aided by several prototypes, and they in fact won a prize at Handwerk&Form 2015, a design competition in the Bregenz Forest region.
Nature exhibit
A highlight of the interior design is the nature exhibit. In place of a third guest room, a small room with a limited view into the nearby forest completes the tour of the ground floor. Here the visitor is greeted by a large, solid maple model of the Nordkette mountain range. Separately accessed projections display information on the geology, watercourses, biotopes and much more. On the walls round about, shutters open up at the press of a button, displaying showcases with preserved specimens of birds, animal tracks, excrements and other items. This exhibit, which displays nature on the small as well as the large-scale, taken in conjunction with the walk through the surrounding woods, provides a comprehensive impression of nature in the Nordkette range.
Sustainability
The heated space of the building is very compact. The building skin is heavily insulated, and even building regulations require the installation of a comfort ventilation system with heat recovery. The aim has been a construction technique in line with the principle of energy conservation. A log furnace is used, allowing wood from the immediate surroundings to be used for heating. In this way the city of Innsbruck retains any income, and transparent routes of transport over short distances are ensured in the long term.
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