Rifugio Monte Marca

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Fondazione Zegna · Monte Marca, Biella · 2024

Monte Marca for Fondazione Zegna: lounge with white sofas, a log table and timber walls
Corner window at Rifugio Monte Marca with timber frames and a view of snow-capped Alpine peaks, interior design by Elena Pelosi for Fondazione Zegna.

CLIENT: Fondazione Zegna
WHEN: 2024
WHERE: Monte Marca, Biella

Elena Pelosi Studio designed the interiors of Rifugio Monte Marca for Fondazione Zegna. The refuge stands at 1,616 metres, at the top of the Bielmonte area, in a building designed by Ernesto Giuliano Armani in 1956 as the arrival station of the chairlift.

The project works on the dialogue between inside and outside. Ribbon windows wrap the building and frame the 360-degree panorama, from Monviso to Monte Rosa, as a living artwork. Double-sided modular sofas invite conviviality while keeping the view open.

Following the idea of “keep the bones, change the dress”, the interior is a flexible canvas: colours, textiles and accessories change with the seasons and the events, while its identity stays the same. An ongoing project that ties together brand, territory and the experience of those who reach the summit.

© Fondazione Zegna

For commissions and collaborations with brands, spaces and institutions, please email studio@elenapelosi.com.

Research

Lounge at Rifugio Monte Marca with two upholstered poufs and a wood-slab coffee table, interior design by Elena Pelosi for Fondazione Zegna.Corner window at Rifugio Monte Marca with timber frames and a view of snow-capped Alpine peaks, interior design by Elena Pelosi for Fondazione Zegna.Moodboard for Rifugio Monte Marca with wood, wool and woven textile samples, an alpine landscape and a menswear look, by Elena Pelosi.Monte Marca for Fondazione Zegna: lounge with white sofas, a log table and timber wallsExterior of Rifugio Monte Marca on an alpine ridge above a sea of clouds, Oasi Zegna.Lebanon cedar trunk being lifted in a woodworking shop, material for the Rifugio Monte Marca interiors by Elena Pelosi for Oasi Zegna.Line illustration of the Monte Rosa massif with peak names, a graphic for Rifugio Monte Marca by Elena Pelosi.Sections of cedar log in the workshop, work in progress for the Rifugio Monte Marca interiors, Oasi Zegna.Solid wood stump side table on a wool rug with an Oasi Zegna book, Rifugio Monte Marca interiors by Elena Pelosi.