Integrative Design Team - A Path for Innovation in the Case Study of Caltun Refuge

The project for Caltun Refuge gathered a complex team of specialists that managed to reach a high level of collaboration and performance in designing a unique sustainable object that answers the extreme conditions of the Fagaras Alpine Natural Park. The concept for the shelter is a prefabricated module that represents a pilot project and a starting point of analysis for future development in three possible configurations. The project team will be able to continue to analyse and develop in the future the shelter typology for different sites and program variations. The following article analyses and presents, from a project management point of view, the integrative Design-Build-Operate process. Consequently, the analysis of the project's characteristics and impact on a larger scale will underline its sustainable features that were encompassed from the conceptual design stage.