Alpine Shelters
Alpine SHELTERS aims to develop, test and scale up adaptive housing strategies for seasonal accommodation in Alpine territories. The project seeks to address climate vulnerability, improve energy performance, and promote new uses and governance models through cross-border cooperation between France, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
The project develops and tests adaptive, low-carbon, and reversible housing models integrated with soft mobility and sustainable tourism. It will deliver a transnational assessment framework, an adaptation toolkit, and four pilot demonstrators—including a French showcase of modular shelters used during the 2030 Winter Olympics and reused as mountain refuges along the “GTJO” cycling route. By combining territorial planning, innovation, and behavioural change, Alpine Shelters promotes climate-resilient strategies and new economic models for housing. The project strengthens cooperation between France, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland to ensure long-term impact and replicability.
WP1 develops a transnational assessment framework to evaluate the adaptive potential of seasonal housing, integrating energy, climate, mobility, and tourism criteria.
WP2 deploys four pilots in France, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland, testing modular, net-zero and reversible housing adapted to different territorial contexts.
WP3 designs innovative financing models combining tourism revenue, cooperative ownership, and resilience-linked funding. It fosters shared uses and social acceptability.
The consortium is already set for Austria, Italy and France. We are looking for partner and site pilots in Switzerland, or Germany / Slovenia
Project Idea Types: Climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention (Priority 1), Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reduction (Priority 2)
