Therme Vals Roof

Working with the natural surroundings the bathrooms lay below a grass roof structure that has been built into the hillside.

Therme vals roof.

Vitruvius morris hicky morgan trans the ten books on architecture cambridge. This stone became the inspiration to develop the design and is used with great dignity and respect. Therme vals opened in 1996 and was designed to pre date the existing hotel complex. In this field are fissures of translucent glass and a square bed of downlighters a little like mechanical sunflowers.

Therme vals is the hotel spa complex in vals built over the only thermal springs in the graubünden canton in switzerland. In this stunning photo shoot fernando guerra of últimas reportagens captures the therme vals one of the most iconic works of the 2009 pritzker prize winner peter zumthor. Peter zumthor was selected as the architect for the spa despite his limited track record at the time. Completed in 1996 the spa was designed by peter zumthor pritzker 2009.

Inspired by the natural surroundings the bathhouse was located below a grass roof a structure half buried in the hillside. 7132 thermal baths formerly therme vals is a hotel spa complex in vals built over the only thermal springs in the graubünden canton in switzerland. The roof is protected from the meagre meadow and from the hotel complex to the north by a simple railing but then erodes towards the south to reveal a swimming pool and sunbathers on flat slabs of rock. The therme vals is built placing slabs obtained in the local quarry valser quartzite layer upon layer.

Zumthor s idea was to create a form of cave or quarry like structure to create a space for complete sensory experience. Hotel therme vals ed information and prices 2004 2005 vals 2004 and subsequent issues. The therme vals is built from layer upon layer of locally quarried valser. The roof is protected from the meagre meadow and from the hotel complex to the north by a simple railing but then erodes towards the south to reveal a swimming pool and sunbathers on flat slabs of rock.

In this field are fissures of translucent glass and a square bed of downlighters a little like mechanical sunflowers. The roof is protected from the meagre meadow and from the hotel complex to the north by a simple railing but then erodes towards the south to reveal a swimming pool and sunbathers on flat slabs of rock.