SFA is among the three winners of Andermatt Swiss Alps Competition, Planning and Architecture.

The planning and architecture competition for the future design of the area between the traditional village of Andermatt and the new Andermatt Swiss Alps resort is now entering its final stages. Having generated significant interest from the international community since its launch in February of this year, 38 competition entries were submitted from across 4 continents and 12 countries. Of these 38, a shortlist of five was drawn up for the final phase.

A jury of 27 high-calibre experts has now invited three of the distinguished planning offices to participate in the development stage of the competition. Shahira Fahmy Architects from Cairo in Egypt, realgrün Landschaftsarchitekten from Munich in Germany and Ortiga & Moura Arquitectos from Porto in Portugal are the three chosen firms who will work together to develop the area of land between the traditional village of Andermatt and the new resort of Andermatt Swiss Alps.

Planners hope that this portion of land, which will play a vital role in the community of the destination, will become a popular meeting place and act as a vibrant interface connecting the two parts of the village. Furthermore, a new train station, indoor swimming pool and base station for the resort’s ski slopes will be built making this area an important focal point. In order to source and deliver the optimum landscaping and design concepts, Andermatt Swiss Alps launched an international planning and architecture competition in February 2011. The winning models will be exhibited in the Normhalle 1 which is located just next to Andermatt train station from the 4th to 9th November 2011.