CW01
‘A New Welcome’
Jan-Karl De Smet
FS21
As you enter Braunwald today, it is a process of at least 15min. You have to wait for the train leaves, the ride takes 8min and then you need to leave the station. This means that the entrance into the village is a long experience, but it is not the most pleasant one. On top, you leave the station on to a small square where it is not nice to stay. All passengers are waiting there, for a horse, a taxi or waiting to start their hike/ski day. This means that you are kind of squashed to each other.
With this project, I would like to make this process of entering the village more attractive. Therefore, I intend on using the space left behind by the destroyed Hotel Alpenblick. On this spot, I would create a new public space/square which functions as a big terrace where the tourists and local population can sit and enjoy the view. This new square could also provide in facilities for both the tourists (tourist office, waiting for train) and locals (community space). The present square next to the station will be integrated and redesigned into a square where the electric cars and horses can wait in a more attractive way. In this way, there will be a more silenced, new square on top and a busier and noisier one below.
By this way, the first impression on the village will be improved and made more attractive, perhaps even for people to come up and live there. It could also mark the start of a series of improvements in order to make the village lively again.
Location: Braunwald, 46.938773, 8.997585’