The Therme Vals | Peter Zumthor
Built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland, The Therme Vals is a hotel and spa in one which combines a complete sensory experience designed by Peter Zumthor.
Peter Zumthor designed the spa/baths which opened in 1996 to predate the existing hotel complex. The idea was to create a form of cave or quarry like structure. Working with the natural surroundings the bathrooms lay below a grass roof structure half buried into the hillside. The Therme Vals is built from layer upon layer of locally quarried Valser Quartzite slabs. This stone became the driving inspiration for the design and is used with great dignity and respect.
?Mountain, stone, water ? building in the stone, building with the stone, into the mountain, building out of the mountain, being inside the mountain ? how can the implications and the sensuality of the association of these words be interpreted, architecturally"? Peter Zumthor
This space was designed for visitors to luxuriate and rediscover the ancient benefits of bathing. The combinations of light and shade, open and enclosed spaces and linear elements make for a highly sensuous and restorative experience. The underlying informal layout of the internal space is a carefully modeled path of circulation which leads bathers to certain predetermined points but lets them explore other areas for themselves. The perspective is always controlled. It either ensures or denies a view.
?The meander, as we call it, is a designed ne...
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