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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

10°C · 13.9h daylight · 8 km/h wind

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 10°C · 13.9h daylight · 8 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Tadao Ando Architect & AssociatesTadao Ando Architect & Associates

1969 · Osaka, Japan

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961969
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandOsaka, Japan
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Kai, Kai, Japan
Climate10°C · 13.9h daylight · 8 km/h wind18°C · 13.3h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Ryūō Station
FocusThermal baths27 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Tadao Ando
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • Ryūō Station
  • Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan
  • Row House in Sumiyoshi
  • Onomichi City Museum of Art
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • residence
  • urban house
  • landscape
  • church
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
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 accessible21 of 22 recorded works are publicly accessible
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