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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

2°C · 13.9h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 2°C · 13.9h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Kisho Kurokawa Architect & AssociatesKisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates

1962 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961962
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandTokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Climate2°C · 13.9h daylight · 2 km/h wind19°C · 13.2h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
FocusThermal baths21 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Kisho Kurokawa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
  • Nakagin Capsule Tower
  • Wakayama Prefectural Museum
  • Van Gogh Museum
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • museum
  • housing
  • tower
  • office
  • landscape
  • hospitality
  • performance venue
  • memorial
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

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

  • Concrete
  • 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.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • 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 accessible14 of 14 recorded works are publicly accessible
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