The therme vals peter zumthor quantity.
Therme vals floor area.
The 7132 wellness hotel vals your retreat and spa resort in switzerland.
Vals lies an hour away from chur by car deep in a valley dotted with shepherd huts and enlivened by the sound of cowbells.
A place where only one material accompanies the water.
The spa and hotel made vals a tourist hot spot but zumthor claims tourism to the area has fallen by.
7132 thermal baths formerly therme vals is a hotel spa complex in vals built over the only thermal springs in the graubünden canton in switzerland.
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The floor and the pool are made of this gray green stone with white inclusions the.
Above the village a tributary cascades down to meet the upper rhine.
Peter schmid the history of therme vals in.
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Completed in 1996 the spa was designed by peter zumthor pritzker 2009.
This stone became the driving inspiration for the design and is used with great dignity and respect.
Water piped from the area s mineral springs fill a network of baths in the base of the complex.
This stone became the inspiration to develop the design and is used with great dignity and respect.
This natural stone is present throughout the area around the spa on the roofs of the houses in vals in the fences around the plots of land on the walls and also on a sturdy bridge that joins the two shores of the river that crosses the valley.
The therme vals is built placing slabs obtained in the local quarry valser quartzite layer upon layer.
Architectural drawings the drawing above emphasizes the original concept of the building as a field of blocks.
These autocad drawings are available to purchase and download now.
It s a peripheral spot dependent upon agriculture and tourism.
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The therme vals peter zumthor.
Split ground sometimes rough earthy or polished.
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The therme vals is built from layer upon layer of locally quarried valser quarzite slabs.