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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

11°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

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Therme Vals

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 11°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind

Mapping: Exact work coordinates

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Rafael MarquinaRafael Marquina

1910-1964 · Lima, Lima Province, Peru

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961910-1964
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandLima, Lima Province, Peru
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Lima, Lima, Peru
Climate11°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind24°C · 11.8h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via Archbishop Loayza National Hospital
FocusThermal baths3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Rafael Marquina
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • Archbishop Loayza National Hospital
  • Gran Hotel Bolivar
  • Desamparados station
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • building
  • hotel
  • historic building
  • urban landmark
  • museum
  • housing
  • house
  • church
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • masonry
  • concrete
  • ornamental stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

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

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • 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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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