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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

12°C · 13.9h daylight · 11 km/h wind

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 12°C · 13.9h daylight · 11 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961958
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate12°C · 13.9h daylight · 11 km/h wind29°C · 12.4h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusThermal baths12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

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

  • Concrete
  • 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.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • 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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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