Italian architectural firm MoDusArchitects designed TreeHugger, a Tourist Information Office in Bressanone, Bolzano. Winner of an international competition in 2016, the building acts as a gateway for the city and offers references to the Bishop’s Palace and the Chinese and Japanese pavilions located at the corner of the Palace gardens – whose curved shapes have been reinterpreted in the project.
Built in bush-hammered concrete, the office was conceived around a large platanus and shaped following its canopy, creating a link between nature and architecture. Five arches spans surround the tree and support the building, making it lighter. TreeHugger, organized on three floors, combines concave and convex walls, large curved surfaces and voids. The ground floor space, slightly retracted below the concrete volume, is glazed and includes the entrance facing the public square.
- Project:
- TreeHugger
- Location:
- Bressanone, Bolzano, Italy
- Program:
- Tourist Information Office
- Architects:
- MoDusArchitects (Sandy Attia, Matteo Scagnol
- Project team:
- Irene Braito, Filippo Pesavento
- Structural engineer:
- Luca Bragagna
- Client:
- Bressanone Tourist Association
- Contractor:
- Unionbau
- Area:
- 430 sqm
- Completion :
- 2019