01 All’s well that tends well
Picky Nicky feels good about a game-changing new Swiss clinic
It’s been 15 years since the Vigilius Mountain Resort (W*64) was completed, 1,500m up Monte San Vigilio in the Alto Adige region of Italy. Here, the silence, views and, most of all, the air, scented with trees, make for an unforgettable experience. Constructed from local larch, stone and clay, Vigilius was my first encounter with the responsible architecture of Matteo Thun. A few years later, I would return to this region, to the nearby town of Merano, to write a piece on a municipal amenity like no other – Thun’s Terme Merano (W*87), 7,650 sq m of public baths with 25 pools set over five hectares.
This autumn, Waldhotel officially opened on Swiss mountain…
