Therme Vals Peter Zumthor Architecture. Zumthor Therme Vals Switzerland The Aficionados Vals is the last place in the valley below there are only mountains and sky. In his book Atmospheres, Zumthor speaks of architecture's ability to create spaces that resonate with the human soul, evoking emotions and memories through carefully orchestrated experiences.
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Opened in 1996, the baths were designed to resemble a cave or quarry, partially embedded into the hillside beneath a grass-covered roof. Vals Therme Spa explores the sensorial phenomenon between nature, architecture, and its visitors
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In his book Atmospheres, Zumthor speaks of architecture's ability to create spaces that resonate with the human soul, evoking emotions and memories through carefully orchestrated experiences. From the earlier projects in Chur, and from the church of Sogn Benedetg west of Vals (AR January 1991), Zumthor has now developed an architecture of complex spatial interpenetration. Praised as one of the best completed works by 2009 Pritzker Laureate Peter Zumthor, the Vals Thermal Baths might be one of the most iconic buildings in Swiss contemporary architecture
A rare look at Peter Zumthor architecture in Grisons. Peter Zumthor designed the spa/baths which opened in 1996 to predate the existing hotel complex Resonant with an elemental materiality and full of myriad therapeutic delights, Peter Zumthor's thermal baths at Vals are conceived as a cavernous, labyrinthine haven devoted to sensual pleasure
Therme Vals Spa by Peter Zumthor Homeli. Praised as one of the best completed works by 2009 Pritzker Laureate Peter Zumthor, the Vals Thermal Baths might be one of the most iconic buildings in Swiss contemporary architecture This article is part of an installment of essays and examples illuminating the essence of good architecture, which comprises of empathy, experience and beauty