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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

5°C · 13.8h daylight · 5 km/h wind

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 5°C · 13.8h daylight · 5 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Arthur Erickson ArchitectsArthur Erickson Architects

1963 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961963
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Climate5°C · 13.8h daylight · 5 km/h wind15°C · 14.0h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Museum of Anthropology at UBC
FocusThermal baths14 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Arthur Erickson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  • Cedarvale station
  • Yorkdale station
  • 1 Cal Plaza
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • performance venue
  • building
  • civic building
  • landscape
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • brick
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete, Quartzite, and Water look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
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