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Contextual building in the Alps using the example of the Klostertaler Umwelthütte
Master's Thesis | Marie Jähnisch | 4th Semester | Summer Semester 2026
The impacts of climate change and increasing pressure from land use call for new approaches to building in high-alpine regions. My Master’s thesis develops a concept for the Klostertaler Umwelthütte in the Montafon, which adopts context-sensitive extension as its guiding architectural principle whilst also promoting slower-paced tourism.
In several phases of development, the existing building will be fully revitalised through careful interventions and supplemented by new structures. All dismantled building components will be reused, and new interventions will be deliberately left visible. In terms of design, the proposal offers a contemporary interpretation of the Montafon’s climatic, topographical, architectural, material and cultural contexts.
Master's thesis supervised by professor Jens Betha
