Architecture, interior design, styling, light design

 

Vertical Village

Zermatt, Switzerland

The vertical nature of the area around Zermatt culminates in the striking image of the Matterhornas the most archetypal symbol of a universal vision of mountains. Vertical Village, a 9-storey hotel which is 30 metres high, has this kind ofvertical ambition, drawing on an out-of-scale design to fit neatly into its setting, breaking down into several small units and reproducing thelocal morphology of the land, but in an upwards manner. A 5-star plus hotel with 50 exclusive suites which, rotated in ad hoc fashion, will affordoptimum views of the Matterhorn, whose magnetic force is inescapable.