BUREAU A CREATES THE MOST PERFECT HIDEAWAY

A cleverly disguised cabin perched in the Swiss Alps

Antoine is an itty bitty cabin hidden inside of a fake boulder that is tucked in the Swiss Alps. Designed by Swiss architecture firm Bureau A, the cabin gets its name from Charles Ferdinand Ramuz’s novel Derberance where the main character, Antoine, gets trapped in an Alpine landslide. He survives, living under the rocks for seven weeks. “Switzerland has a strong tradition of observing the Alps, living with them, hiding inside them,” said the architects.

Indeed, the miniscule cabin would be the perfect place to hide. The firm spent six weeks designing the cabin as part of a residency program at an open-air sculpture park in Verbier, Switzerland. Underneath, the structure is the perfectly stereotypical miniature of a home with its pitched roof and tiny doors and windows. Concrete encases the cabin, shaped to replicate Alpine rock.

The interior is left bare with pine wood and furniture that folds into the walls to create a comfortable space for a fortuitous inhabitant. A woodstove heats the small space.

Antoine is currently on display as part of the Verbier 3-D Foundation’s “Mutations: Contemporary Sculpture In Context” exhibition, which runs through July 2016. The structure was transported to its Alpine resting place on the back of a truck, and you can even check out the cabin’s cumbersome journey in the video below.