Appropriate_Bistro Bergsteiger is a lovely mountain restaurant located in Sexten, Italy, designed in 2021 by Plasma Studio.

Description
Insert and fit – as much as necessary, as little as possible.
Located in the midst of the Unesco Natural Heritage area of the Dolomites of Sesto, in a position used as a tourist hotspot, Bistro Bergsteiger fits properly and carefully in its natural and built context.
The edge of an embankment, located along a well-known hiking trail, is used to insert the new volume and to integrate it into the surrounding topography. The view from the entrance to the valley on the mountain landscape that closes the area to the south is not reduced by the insertion of the new volume, just as it does not visually interfere with the existing protected building. The dimensions are reduced as much as possible and the geometries adapt to the existing presences. On one side, the building faces the Cima 12 towards south, on the other side it dialogues with the surrounding buildings. In plan, the new volume aligns with the listed building, while the reduced heights are studied to connect its southern elevation with the overall profile of the constructed elements. The result is an architecture that is “appropriate” to the context, which nevertheless develops with character.
The double-pitched roof surface, is treated with intensive green and it rises towards the main view; full-height windows allow the eye to wander over the mountai...