zumthor.projects 8 Therme Vals Vals, Switzerland Peter Zumthor Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site 7 Vals, Switzerland Hotel Therme Vals

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1 zumthor Projects 8 Created 28-Oct-11 By matteo nerini molteni, arona, Italy Therme Vals Vals, spa Hotel Therme Vals Church San Benedetg 3 House Truog Gugalun Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site 6 Annalisa Zumthor House 7 Vals, private house 4 Sumvitg, church Chur, exposition space, landmark, shed Vals, hotel 2 Atelier Zumthor 8 Haldenstein, atelier, private house 5 Versam, private house Spittelhof Housing Estate 9 Biel-Benken, housing, urban plan 1

2 photo: Margherita Spiluttini photo: Margherita Spiluttini Therme Vals Hotel Therme 7132 Vals With the only thermal spring in Graubünden, the Therme Spa is a stunning landmark built from stone slabs of Valser quartzite Stone by stone The combinations of light and shade, open and enclosed spaces and linear elements make for a highly sensuous and restorative experience Only two years after its completion the Therme was listed as a protected building It has been described as a lesson in combining audacity with aesthetics, a totally unique, yet traditional spa and therapeutic centre that is the last word in peaceful sensuality, and a world first in spas The Vals quartzite quarried just two kilometres from where the building stands The great slabs of the roof are grassed over: sections of flower studded alpine meadow photo: Henry Pierre Schultz Project is public! 1996 Lighting designer Viabizzuno Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG MI_MOA daily: 11:00-20:00 Season 2006/2007: 17th June th April 2007 Season 2007/2008: 26 May March 2008 Open to children from 5 years old The bathing facilities are open to Hotel Therme guests from 07:00 Night bathing for hotel guests: Sunday: Wednesday: 22:30-24:00 Thursday: 22:30-24:00 Car: from Zürich take the high-way to Chur 8 kms after Chur follow signs to Flims / Laax / Ilanz In Ilanz follow signs for Vals which lead to the entrance of Vals valley If you choose to take the route over "Oberalppass", only open in summer, you have to leave the main road in Ilanz too Train: From Zürich Kloten airport, train to Zürich HB Central station From there, train for Chur In Chur, change to Ilanz/Disentis In Ilanz take a bus to Vals Zurich Kloten to Vals is about 200 km 2

3 photo: Walter Mair photo: Walter Mair Hotel Therme Vals Hotel Therme 7132 Vals In the Hotel adjacent to the world famous Therme Spa Peter Zumthor has redesigned 52 rooms without altering the hotel s original 1960s structure As part of the redevelopment, Der Rote Saal (The Red Room), the hotel s restaurant, was extended Although some parts of the complex are still in their original state, they are all gradually being brought up to the standard of the Therme itself, meaning the guest experiences In 1983, the town council bought the thermal spring and hotel, and the company that manages the site today, Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG, is still 100% owned by the council In 1986,, an architect from Haldenstein,, was commissioned to build a new spa, and the resulting project received praise from around the world It has been described as a lesson in combining audacity with aesthetics, a totally unique, yet traditional spa and therapeutic centre that is the last word in peaceful sensuality, and a world first in spas Project is public! 2007 Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG MI_MOA photo: Walter Mair 24/7 By rail with the SBB Swiss Federal Railways to Chur, change to the Rhätische Bahn as far as Ilanz and then by postal coach to Vals (20 km) Access by road via Chur - Flims - Ilanz 3

4 Church San Benedetg Caplutta Sogn Benedetg Sumvitg This Zumthor church in a small village located in the Mountains is a cylinder that turns into an oval and then into a keel: the geometry of this church, however definite, is also dynamic and elusive to the eye, all this exacerbated by the implantation of the building on a steep slope The church has a wooden construction and the façade is made with wooden shingles, wooden snips, similar to the locally build houses The building is very carefully detailed even on places you would normally not come (like behind the concrete stairs of the entrance) The setting is wonderful Project is public! 1988 City of Sumvitg Marloes_Faber You can visit the church daily apart from Sunday Take the car to Sumvitg in the canton of Graubünden In this village is one road up to San Benedigt (different ways to write) It's about a km tough climbing for the car In San Benedigt it is easy to find your way to the church 4

5 House Truog Gugalun Gugalun 7104 Versam Between the mountains you can find a little Zumthor-house The first part of the house is an old Switch cottage Zumthor build on to this cottage on a very subtle way Project is not public! 1994 Bernadette and Peter Truog Marloes_Faber It is not easy to get there You have to pass Versam to the south You have to drive about 1,5km by car after you will pass the last hotel in Versam Then you will have to take a small road to the right (before a tunnel) Then it is maybe 500m up to the hill The Gugalun is not visible from any place so look after a strange mailbox behind the road Park your car somewhere in the grass and go further by feet, good luck! 5

6 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site Seilerbahnweg Chur Protective housing for the remains of the foundations of three Roman Buildings (which one of those only a corner is visible) This protective casing for the archaeological finds was conceived as a kind of abstract reconstruction of the Roman volumes: a lightweight framework for walls made of timer lamella which admit light and air exactly follows the Roman outer walls, thus producing a package-like effect which give a visible form to location of the Roman buildings in today's city landscape photo: João Morgado Project is public! City of Chur JMMM 6

7 Annalisa Zumthor House Leis 7132 Vals The small idyllic Swiss village of Leis is expanding in the form of two new houses, designed by Swiss architect of thermal bath fame The lower of the two is called the Annalisa Zumthor House in honor of Zumthor s wife for whom the house was built The other is a rental Both houses are constructed in the Strickbau technique of solid laced-beam construction, a method that Zumthor seems increasingly keen on recently Project is not public! 2009 Annalisa Zumthor jrhartley Drive up above Vals, opposite a restaurant/bar on the south side of the valley above the town 7

8 Atelier Zumthor Suesswinggel Haldenstein This is 's studio in the small village of Haldenstein, just outside of Chur in the Graubunden region of The first studio was built in 1986, with the concrete extension adjacent to his private family home - added in 2005 Project is not public! 1986 jrhartley The area is not fenced off, but your attention is drawn to a small plaque near the door of the concrete atelier extension which reminds people that this is 's family home and to respect his privacy Park in the centre of Haldenstein and wander up north, you will pass the Zumthor atelier 8

9 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Spittelhof Housing Estate Spittelhofstrasse Biel-Benken This project near Basel consists of two rows of terraced housing, with gardens on the south side A building with rental units, at the upper edge of the central green courtyard, contains five ground-floor flats for elderly people and ten apartments of different sizes on the two upper floors These all have separate access stairs and entrances from the canopied forecourt on the east side The floor plans of all three buildings were designed to provide light-filled living rooms and bedrooms lined up 'porch-like' along the façades photo: Jeroen Meijer Public access unknown! 1996 Basellandschaftliche Beamtenversicherungskasse jpmm 9