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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

1°C · 14.0h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland · Exact work coordinates

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 1°C · 14.0h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Gunnar BirkertsGunnar Birkerts

1950-2017 · Detroit, Michigan, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961950-2017
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandDetroit, Michigan, United States
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Detroit, Detroit, United States
Climate1°C · 14.0h daylight · 2 km/h wind13°C · 13.7h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
FocusThermal baths5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Gunnar Birkerts
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
  • Domino's Farms
  • National Library of Latvia
  • Domino's
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • housing
  • performance venue
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • tower
  • library
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

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

  • Steel
  • 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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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