P-027
Cultural
Completed
2025
Zuoz, CH
Engadin Snow Library
Altitude, m
1,716
↑
1,716
m
A reading room with a roof that holds the snow.
A roof built to carry 900 mm of snow on purpose, as free insulation.
A reading room with a roof that holds the snow.
Sheet facts
Typology
Cultural
Status
Completed
year
2025
Altitude, m
1,716
Area, m²
1,150
Location
Zuoz, CH
01 — Brief
A library that is busiest in January, with a roof that keeps its snow instead of shedding it.
It had to sit low enough to keep the church's view down the valley, so the reading room is half a storey into the ground.
02 — Site
Road closed
Open all year
Nearest quarry
4.5 km
03 — Build window & lift log
16 Jun → 1 Sep 2025
Each square is one concrete pour. The roof slab went in during the first summer; the timber interior through the winter.
04 — Drawings
Drawing 02 — Section A-A · 1:100
05 — Photographs
06 — credits
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