Clashes, battles and reprisals characterized the years around the turn of the nineteenth century,
where it becomes fundamentally important the knowledge of every single alpine step.
The "traffic", linked to the transport and towing of heavy weapons,
“the strategic study” of troops positioning, barriers
and structures designed to fight become central to human survival.
The mobile defense’s troops could support themselves
to many military shelters, located at border crossings or where the main lines: it is a typical example
Carlo Emanuele III Shelter, built in 1896, subject of my thesis.
It is situated on a rocky outcrop, to the domain of Lamb and St. Veran’s valleys,
in the Varaita Valley, on the French-Italian border in Piedmont. (1987 m s.l.m.).
The project is not just limited to the mentioned building study,
but it will explore subjects related to the township of Chianale,
the village able to keep good urban and architectural alpine features.
"The future bet of these territories is no longer consists in the search for mass tourism, but in being able to attract cultured audience who appreciate the many possibilities of the place":
it is with these backgrounds that the project’s intervention should become
the center that triggers a new type of tourism development, a new way to enjoy the mountain.
The intervention will have, therefore, an urban character
(with paths study for walk and horse excursions, climbing, trips in general and whatever
else the audience wants in alternative to ski resorts) and one architectural
that will see center of previous purposes, Carlo Emanuele III hospitalization as venue for refreshments, first aid surgery, museum on the history of several forts
and military buildings of the time passed and wellness center.
Innovative element of the project (in relation to the year it was thought) is the attempt to make it energy independent.
This target was reached after a careful study of the energy
needs of the structure, which led to a true scale of the PV system, which would cover a high percentage of consumption (it is expected, however, the connection to the national network).
Hot water is obtained using solar energy through the use of a solar panels plan and heat accumulator, used for heating and sanitary water (supplemented with biomass boiler).