Right on the southern side of the Bürgenstock mountain, the Waldhotel Health & Medical Excellence by Matteo Thun & Partners steps gently down the slope. Thanks to its terrace structure and the green, flat roofs, the Waldhotel blends perfectly into the landscape.
Waldhotel is an innovative hotel concept that extends the theme of sustainability and health to hospitality: highly qualified medical care and rehabilitation treatments, are accompanied by sport and wellness facilities, in a setting of unspoiled nature. Inspired by the Walser architecture and alpine building tradition, facades are shaped with gabion baskets, filled with stones recovered from the excavation of the Bürgenberg, continuing the walls of the slope. The external structure providing a pergola system for rooms’ balconies, working as brise-soleil, have been realized by using local larch wood, minimizing transport. Swimming pools and irrigation systems can count on lake water as an alternative source of energy.
The 9-stories 25.000 sqm complex, with its 160 rooms and suites, identify an interior with natural materials, organic shapes and warm colours. Floor-to-ceiling windows and inviting terraces melt interiors and exteriors. Herb gardens on different floors and manifold elements visualizing herbs and botanic objects highlight the preeminent theme of healthy living in all rooms and suites, and the public spaces. More than 4.200 sqm are dedicated to specialized medical disciplines, alternative Chinese medicine, physical therapy, psychology, SPA activities and well¬ness programs, with medical treatment rooms and outside terraces.
Enjoying nature was the point of departure. It’s all about the forest, the air, the mountain. It’s about health. The architecture, in harmony with the Genius Loci, supports the cure and tries to accompany the healing process, providing physical and mental well-being, allowing a relationship between the guest and the environment.
Right on the southern side of the Bürgenstock mountain, the Waldhotel Health & Medical Excellence by Matteo Thun & Partners steps gently down the slope. Thanks to its terrace structure and the green, flat roofs, the Waldhotel blends perfectly into the landscape.
Waldhotel is an innovative hotel concept that extends the theme of sustainability and health to hospitality: highly qualified medical care and rehabilitation treatments, are accompanied by sport and wellness facilities, in a setting of unspoiled nature. Inspired by the Walser architecture and alpine building tradition, facades are shaped with gabion baskets, filled with stones recovered from the excavation of the Bürgenberg, continuing the walls of the slope. The external structure providing a pergola system for rooms’ balconies, working as brise-soleil, have been realized by using local larch wood, minimizing transport. Swimming pools and irrigation systems can count on lake water as an alternative source of energy.
The 9-stories 25.000 sqm complex, with its 160 rooms and suites, identify an interior with natural materials, organic shapes and warm colours. Floor-to-ceiling windows and inviting terraces melt interiors and exteriors. Herb gardens on different floors and manifold elements visualizing herbs and botanic objects highlight the preeminent theme of healthy living in all rooms and suites, and the public spaces. More than 4.200 sqm are dedicated to specialized medical disciplines, alternative Chinese medicine, physical therapy, psychology, SPA activities and well¬ness programs, with medical treatment rooms and outside terraces.
Enjoying nature was the point of departure. It’s all about the forest, the air, the mountain. It’s about health. The architecture, in harmony with the Genius Loci, supports the cure and tries to accompany the healing process, providing physical and mental well-being, allowing a relationship between the guest and the environment.