Spazio essenziale. Un secolo di bivacchi

A fascinating journey that retraces almost a century of construction experiences in a rarefied world, frequented by those who practice the mountains by choice, attracted by its challenges and the desire to learn. The bivouac was born as an unattended structure for occasional shelter and overnight stays for mountaineers; often located in inaccessible places, it was originally made of wood and covered with galvanized sheet metal: a tin box that must condense its functions in a single environment. The book traces a century of evolution of different solutions, shapes and technologies, with a rigorous, systematic and organized classification; a sort of bivouac dictionary in which the construction technologies used are associated with a historical period and a specific environmental context. Summary of the work is the design idea of a typical bivouac, characterized by extreme versatility in terms of location and ease of construction, designed to renew its economic and functional diffusion in a modern and ergonomic way.