Comun General de Fascia

The new municipal headquarters of Sen Jan emerges as an architecture with a strong identity, weaving together tradition and contemporaneity within a landscape of extraordinary power. Positioned between Vigo and Pozza di Fassa, the building engages in dialogue with the history of the site – once a religious and military center – and with the architectural character of the valley: larch wood, stone, and sloping roofs.

The project reinterprets tradition through a contemporary language: its sculpted, iconic volume echoes the slopes of the original building, transforming them into a dynamic silhouette reminiscent of the jagged profiles of the Dolomites. The articulation of the roofs recalls the ladin majon and mountain chimneys, while the interiors, conceived with strong symbolic value, emphasize the institutional role through spaces of great representational strength.

Natural wood plays a central role, both in the structural system and in the façade cladding: vertical slats create a rhomboid pattern inspired by traditional barricated houses, while the recessed surfaces of the main volume are finished in charred timber, highlighting the contrast between solid and void. The fracture of the building mass generates a tree-lined courtyard, in dialogue with the covered square and with the Dolomitic landscape, which permeates the interiors through framed views, openings, and large glazed surfaces.

The spatial organization assigns each level a distinct character and function: the ground floor houses the atrium and public spaces, the first floor accommodates the administrative offices, while the top floor is dedicated to institutional areas such as the Consei General and the Consei de Procura, characterized by zenithal light and highly expressive spaces.

The result is a building that unites memory and innovation, firmly rooted in Ladin tradition yet projected toward the future, embodying and representing the community it serves with strength and clarity.