Lyceum Alpinum

The new impressive five-storey building, Chesa Urezza, includes 50 practical and high-quality boarding rooms, as well as various recreation spaces and classrooms for Arts and Music. The architect, Reto Maurizio, deliberately adopted the traditional architectural elements of the older buildings in Chesa Urezza, reinterpreting their style. The campus expansion also included the addition of a terrace to the dining hall, built on a natural-stone base between the headmaster’s office building and Chesa Urezza. The rooms of the new building impress with the high value and quality of the materials used and with the impressive view of the imposing mountains and the river Inn meandering through the valley.

Quality, ecology and aesthetics are the pillars of philosophy for the private school’s 300 students from more than 30 nations. This is also reflected in the requirements set for the interiors of Chesa Urezza: high-quality local and ecological materials that guarantee healthy and simple, but also stylish living.

Thus, for example, the interior doors and cabinets are made of local larch. Practical and suitable for school life, the Cleverpark Oak Crema parquet with the innovative B-Protect® surface treatment was laid in the classrooms and boarding rooms. It combines perfectly with the red larch and other materials used. Visually, the high-quality elaboration of the parquet floor is difficult to distinguish from untreated natural wood. It offers all the protective qualities of a seal treatment, whilst also being completely invisible and 100% safe for use in living areas. This significantly improves quality of life and well-being in the rooms of Chesa Urezza.Loud and unwelcome walking noises were an important issue in the bustling rooms of the private boarding school. The silent-padding proved to be helpful with this. This parquet base significantly dampens not only footfalls, but also noises from within rooms in general. This is a particularly hot topic in music rooms. If you can effectively reduce the echo, then you can fully develop your sound. Additionally, the room is acoustically insulated, and the neighbouring rooms do not have to be affected by the noise. With Cleverpark Silente, it is not at all necessary to walk carefully or be very quiet in the boarding rooms. In the dining hall, the parquet base noticeably dampens noise from voices, and from tableware and chairs. Cleverpark Silente has been awarded the «Cradle to Cradle Gold» certificate, thus fulfilling the ecological requirements of Lyceum Alpinum: this parquet is of controlled origin (Europe) and is part of a continuous material cycle, meaning that it can be reused without hesitation after any dismantling. Another quality-related advantage is that all Cleverpark products are made at the main site of Bauwerk in St. Margrethen. This complies with another concept that is important for Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz: using the regional economic and value creation cycles.

Laute und unerwünschte Schrittgeräusche waren ein Thema in den belebten Räumen der privaten Internatsschule. Die «Silentematte» konnte Abhilfe schaffen. Dank dieser Parkett-Unterlage wird nicht nur der Trittschall erheblich gedämmt, sondern auch der Raumschall. Das ist gerade bei den Musikzimmern gefragt. Wird dort der Nachhall effektvoll reduziert, kann sich der Klang voll entwickeln. Zudem ist der Raum akustisch isoliert und Nebenräume werden nicht von Lärm belästigt. In den Internatszimmern wiederum ist es dank Cleverpark Silente nicht nötig, vorsichtig aufzutreten oder extra leise zu sein. Im Speisesaal schliesslich dämpft die Unterlage Geräusche wie Stimmen, das Klappern von Geschirr oder Stühlerücken deutlich. Cleverpark Silente trägt das Zertifikat «Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Gold» und erfüllt damit auch die ökologische Anforderung des Lyceum Alpinums: Das Parkett, dessen Holz aus kontrollierter Herkunft (Europa) stammt, ist Teil eines kontinuierlichen Materialkreislaufs und damit nach einem allfälligen Ausbau ohne Bedenken wiederverwendbar. Ein weiteres, qualitatives Plus: Alle Cleverpark-Produkte werden am Hauptsitz von Bauwerk Parkett in St. Margrethen produziert. Damit ist ein weiterer für das Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz wichtiger Punkt erfüllt, nämlich die Berücksichtigung regionaler Wirtschafts- und Wertschöpfungskreisläufe.