GINKGO

Architecture, similarly to Ginkgo tree, ought to be as resilient as possible, able to resist and to adapt to change. Ginkgo is not pretext of image, instead, it comes out from its site and specific requirements: designing an exhaustive place for accommodation in a fragile Alpine historical context. It does not establish itself as a mere monofunctional guesthouse, estranged from reality, but it is aimed at the whole community in Sauze d’Oulx by returning the taken area as a green gallery: a place where meeting, relaxing, learning, feeling at home. Recreating this ecosystem, architecture is invaded and by reclaiming its space it returns back a labyrithinc passage. The common area can adapt to different functions, needs, guests segments, seasons. And that it is the secret of resilience. Particularly, travelling means experiencing architecture itself.