The urban-planning concept for the ARLBERG-well.com pays homage to the site, along the transition from the village development to the open recreational area and ski runs. The flat structure has been inserted deeply into the rising landscape, forming a natural progression between the surroundings and the green roof. Facing the village, the structure boasts an expansive façade.

The ARLBERG-well.com Center’s sleek lines and grass-topped roof blend seamlessly into hills dotted with hay sheds, while warm lights emit an inviting glow on nights. The striking structure provides a modern contrast to the time-formed mountains and petite homes decorated with painted pastoral scenes.
The ARLBERGwell.com comprises a great multi-purpose hall for all kinds of events, a restaurant and a wellness complex with indoor and outdoor pools. Towards the village, an arcade unites the different facilities behind a screen of oak beams. Its exterior, interior and zoning form a contrast of corresponding and superimposing elements, which according to individual interpretation offer stimulation, surprise and architectural indulgence.

A shade-giving all-weather umbrella made of dark weathered oak fins smoothly integrates the main façade of the relatively large building into the rather fragmented development structure of the village.

Behind this cross-connection, the floor plans stretch into the depth of the space, while a wide foyer in front of the multi-purpose hall absorbs the wavelike streams of visitors. Two seminar rooms that are suspended from the upper floor of the tall space and accessible via glazed footbridges create an attractive design and upgrade the simple foyer.

The wellness complex is located surrounding the open courtyard in the southwest. It can be accessed via the architectural form of a long ramp, which sets out from the counter hall at the promenade and leads from the darker ground floor to the light flooded upper floor with laconic clarity. Lounge areas surround the pools, which are located about one-third of a storey below the lounge level, on three sides, thus providing a perfect view. The broad patio of the generously spaced restaurant area extends towards the promenade.

Generous in space and refined in design, the materials used in the elegant interiors are charcoal grey steel surfaces, birch plywood and natural slate flooring. The contemporary interior design addresses a receptive audience. The intense urban life that takes place inside the building during peak season is hardly discernible from the outside; in fact the building is so smoothly integrated into the Alpine landscape that the roof, as another façade with its rational superstructures seen at an angle from the sloping hill, appears as a tangible work of spatial art.