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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

7°C · 13.9h daylight · 5 km/h wind

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Therme Vals

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Therme Vals

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Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Climate: 7°C · 13.9h daylight · 5 km/h wind

Mapping: Exact work coordinates

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Therme Vals

1996 · Vals, Graubunden, Switzerland

Vastu-Shilpa ConsultantsVastu-Shilpa Consultants

1955 · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19961955
PlaceVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandAhmedabad, Gujarat, India
Place contextVals, Graubunden, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Ahmedabad district, Ahmedabad district, India
Climate7°C · 13.9h daylight · 5 km/h wind38°C · 12.8h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Tagore Memorial Hall
FocusThermal baths5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Peter Zumthor
  • Balkrishna Doshi
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

  • Tagore Memorial Hall
  • Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
  • Aranya Low Cost Housing
  • Amdavad ni Gufa
Typologies
  • bathhouse
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • memorial
  • education
  • campus building
  • institutional building
  • housing
  • social housing
  • incremental urbanism
  • gallery
Materials
  • quartzite
  • concrete
  • water
  • stone
  • concrete
  • landscape
  • brick
  • tile
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Quartzite
  • Water

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

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Landscape
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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • 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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