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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

10°C · 13.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 10°C · 13.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Guðjón SamúelssonGuðjón Samúelsson

1919-1950 · Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961919-1950
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandReykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland
Climate10°C · 13.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind9°C · 15.8h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Christ the King Cathedral (Reykjavík)
FocusThermal baths5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Guðjón Samúelsson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • Christ the King Cathedral (Reykjavík)
  • Akureyrarkirkja
  • Hallgrímskirkja
  • National Theatre of Iceland
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • religious building
  • landmark
  • theatre
  • cultural building
  • civic building
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • concrete
  • glass
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone
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.
  • 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 accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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