The Timmelsjoch Experience

The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer

THE TIMMELSJOCH EXPERIENCE

Werner Tscholl Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Alexa Rainer, Jürgen Eheim

CATEGORY
Installation

PROJECT YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Brenner Pass, Italy

The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Jürgen Eheim
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Jürgen Eheim

Text description provided by architect.

The Timmelsjoch is the deepest, non-glaciated indentation in the main Alpine ridge between the Reschen Pass and the Brenner Pass.

The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Jürgen Eheim
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Jürgen Eheim

A road, once a mule track, links the Passeiertal valley and the Ötztal valley. Over thousands of years, unique similarities between the two valleys evolved, triumphing over the natural boundary created by the mountains.

Since 2010 architectural sculptures located at several stopping places along the road, enlighten travellers about the natural surroundings, the history, the culture, the communities and the economy of the region.

The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer

All together there are 5 sculptures to be explored, two on the Austrian side called walkway and smuggler and two on the Italian side of the road named telescope and garnets. On the highest point of the pass one can find the pass museum.

The concrete structure on the North Tyrolean side juts out like an erratic boulder into the South Tyrolean side, underlining the cross-border nature of the Timmelsjoch Experience.

The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer

The "Ice Cave” inside the museum pays tribute to the pioneers of the High Alpine Road and their remarkable accomplishment.


The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer
The Timmelsjoch Experience
Courtesy of Werner Tscholl Architects
The Timmelsjoch Experience
Courtesy of Werner Tscholl Architects
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer
The Timmelsjoch Experience
Courtesy of Werner Tscholl Architects
The Timmelsjoch Experience
© Alexa Rainer


The Timmelsjoch Experience
The Timmelsjoch Experience


The Timmelsjoch Experience