The project takes the form of an fictional archive of a research resort project set in the year 2030, with the aim of examining the future of ski tourism industry in the French Alps. The written and visual material comprised of a series of books and artefacts of design fiction.
The first element is a non-fiction historical research dossier which traces the origins of human interference in the alpine environment, the emergence of the mountaineering movement and the development of the ski tourism industry.
The Dossier examines the emergence of an alpine architectural style, most often inspired by pastiches of historical farmhouse vernaculars, and sometimes more rebellious.
The development of the ski tourism industry and the construction boom of new resorts from the 1960s - 90s also involved a dramatic, and often damaging, augmentation of the natural landscape with the construction of roads, dams, chairlifts, avalanche prevention systems and reservoirs for artificial snow creation.
The archive also includes a research trip log book and catalogue of alpine apparatus - the tools used to control and maintain the fragile terrain of a ski resort.
