The Chesa Futura apartment building in the Engadin Valley fuses state-of-the-art computer design tools and traditional, indigenous building techniques to create an environmentally sensitive building. Although its form is novel, it utilizes timber construction - one of the oldest, most environmentally benign and sustainable forms of building.
In Switzerland, building in timber is particularly appropriate, following indigenous architectural traditions and contributing to a local foresting practice of harvesting older trees to encourage regeneration. Furthermore, timber is a renewable resource, it absorbs carbon dioxide as it is growing and if local wood is used, little energy is consumed in transporting it. The larch shingles that make up
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