Abstract
The 20th century marked the beginning of the massive transformation of mountain lifestyles. The architects took this opportunity to extend their experimental territories to the Alps. The French architect Albert Laprade had a very different approach. Having arrived in Haute-Savoie in the mid-1920s to spend his holidays, he gradually bought the Charousse mountain pasture in the village of Les Houches (Haute-Savoie, France). He transformed it into a family resort by including some cottages of modern comfort, focusing on preserving the landscape structures of the place. This article reviews this particular approach in the journey of an architect who, moreover, builds in a “modern” style. By questioning the tools he mobilizes from his pasture, we will see how Albert Laprade implements an active observation of the territory. From photography to the collection of objects, it brings together the traces of changing traditional lifestyles. But without turning into the past, he works to promote on the national architectural scene the achievements that are fully anchored in the present life, the architects who build the “climate stations” in the mountains. Then, the Alps become a timeless setting, an observation post from which the architect seems to be able to withdraw to evaluate the modern world.
Highlights
Rivista internazionale di architettura e paesaggio alpino / Revue internationale d’architecture et de paysage dans les Alpes / Internationale Zeitschrift für Alpine Architektur und Landschaft / Revija za alpsko arhitekturo in pokrajino / International journal of alpine architecture and landscape
The 20th century marked the beginning of the massive transformation of mountain lifestyles
The architects took this opportunity to extend their experimental territories to the Alps
Summary
Rivista internazionale di architettura e paesaggio alpino / Revue internationale d’architecture et de paysage dans les Alpes / Internationale Zeitschrift für Alpine Architektur und Landschaft / Revija za alpsko arhitekturo in pokrajino / International journal of alpine architecture and landscape. S.d. Ainsi l’architecte Albert Laprade (1883-1978) se remémore-t-il son arrivée à l’alpage de Charousse, sur la commune des Houches (Haute-Savoie, France). Les bouleversements des modes de vie opérés par la modernisation dans les territoires de montagne offrent aux architectes un nouveau terrain d’expérimentation et de pratique.
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