Would you like to meet the first real and awesome refuge for climbers in the Alps? Thanks to the following building people can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that balances on the edge of a mountain.
Italian architects from LEAPfactory have designed the modular New Refuge Gervasutti that is the first an alpine accommodation sanctuary for tired climbers. The construction was opened in October 2011 in Courmayeur, on the Freboudze Glacier, on the East face of the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc (Italy).
The Gervasutti provides 30sq.m of living space, 12 beds and ensures 2.5kWh of solar energy a day. There are a living room, kitchen and dining area there overlooking the precipice.
It goes without saying that the views are spectacular, and the refuge comes with a red pattern that makes it visible to climbers and mountaineers, who will often be approaching from a distance.
The total cost of the project was US$334,000.
To put it short, we deal with the first alpine refuge of the latest generation, that ensures the optimal combination of comfort, safety and respect for the environment.
