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Stoos Lodge
Stoos, Switzerland · Independent · Accessible Luxury
On 15 December 2022 René Koch opened Stoos Lodge where the Klingenstock had stood since a 1908 chalet, pressed against the mountain station of the world's steepest funicular. Germann and Achermann of Altdorf drew the new hotel: 101 rooms, a timber face, more than 80 percent of the wood from Schwyz forest, and hot water taken from the heat the railway throws off when it brakes. The village is car-free. You come up the incline, then walk the little square between the station and the door.
- 101 rooms
- Opened 2022
- Neighborhood: Klingenstock
- Rooms from 248 sq ft (23 m²)
- Architect: Germann & Achermann Architekten
About Stoos Lodge
- The Klingenstock chalet of 1908 gained an extension in 1956. At the end it had thirteen guest rooms and about thirty more used as staff housing. Demolition started in June 2019, once the new station was parked beside it.
- Christoph Studer of Globalas drew the first scheme. A 2009 extension was refused for being too tall. In 2016 the canton approved a replacement with a 30-metre ridge. Max Germann, executive architect of the Chedi Andermatt, had led the early planning.
- Braking energy from the funicular, plus waste heat from the machine room, covers the lodge's hot water and stands in for about 41,000 litres of heating oil a year.
- Eight spa suites sit on the fifth floor, each with a whirlpool and a sauna. The rate also includes the 1,100 square metre spa at Wellness Hotel Stoos, which the Koch family owns as well.
- Entry-level rooms start at 248 sq ft (23 m²).
History
A chalet called Klingenstock went up on this ground in 1908 and was extended in 1956. The Koch family, who also own Wellness Hotel Stoos, have held the property since 1998. A 2009 enlargement was refused. After the new Stoosbahn mountain station was planned next door, a replacement hotel was approved in 2016. Christoph Studer shaped the project. Germann and Achermann Architekten of Altdorf took over execution in 2017. The old hotel came down from June 2019. Stoos Lodge opened on 15 December 2022: 101 rooms, timber cladding with most of the wood from Schwyz forest, and hot water drawn from the funicular's braking energy. René Koch was the owner who opened the doors.
The setting
The lodge stands in car-free Stoos, at about 1,300 metres, immediately beside the upper station of the Stoosbahn, the steepest funicular in the world. The two buildings tilt toward each other and leave a small triangular square between them. Wellness Hotel Stoos, the older sister house, is a short walk across the plateau. Cars stop at the valley station.
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