Monte-Rosa-Hütte near Zermatt
The New Monte-Rosa-Hütte stands in a landscape of ice and rock near Zermatt. Above it tower the highest summits in the Swiss Alps, the Dufourspitze (4634 m) and the Matterhorn (4478 m). Here of all places the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and the ETH in Zurich decided in 2003 to erect a building that would produce 90?% of its own energy and offer its visitors the luxury of running water all the year round. The project was initiated on the occasion of the ETH’s 150th anniversary of its foundation, and the building was designed by architecture students working with experts from various colleges and research institutions.
