VALS Projects 6 Created 31-Jul-14 By Natalia Blanco, Valencia, Spain Therme Vals spa Valserrheinbrucke Hotel Therme Vals Villa Vals 5 search hotel, leisure, private house, tourism 3 Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG bridge 2 Annalisa Zumthor House 6 private house 4 hotel http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ Hotel Alpina 7 Gion A Caminada hotel, renovation 1
photo: Margherita Spiluttini photo: Margherita Spiluttini Therme Vals Hotel Therme http://wwwtherme-valsch/ With the only thermal spring in Graubünden, the Therme Spa is a stunning landmark built from 60 000 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 1996 Lighting designer Client Viabizzuno Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG MI_MOA daily: 11:00-20:00 Season 2006/2007: 17th June 2006 9th April 2007 Season 2007/2008: 26 May 2007-30 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: 2230-2400 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ 2
photo: Wilfried Dechau photo: Wilfried Dechau Valserrheinbrucke Valléestrasse Conzett's Valserrheinbrücke in the small village of Vals, is a very recent work and was inaugurated in the summer of 2010 It's an asymmetrical, stone-clad, concrete bridge that replaced an earlier steel structure Simple and elegant in design, it's clearly contemporary; however, at the same time, it seems to have spanned the river for centuries It's an impression enhanced by the use of the traditional Vals stone, thin vertical slabs of which fan out across the bridge With high walls enclosing the car or pedestrian, this is a bridge built to protect and to withstand the force of rising waters below photo: Wilfried Dechau 2009 Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG Grondonaudart 24h/24h 7d/7d http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ 3
photo: Walter Mair photo: Walter Mair Hotel Therme Vals Hotel Therme http://wwwtherme-valsch/ 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 2007 Client 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ 4
photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan Villa Vals Poststrasse 38 http://wwwvillavalsch Villa Vals is designed by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of the architectural offices SeARCH and CMA Their design plan was to completely integrate the villa into the landscape to avoid disturbing the unspoiled nature That is why access to the villa is only possible via the nearby wooden Graubünder shed, through an underground tunnel which runs straight through the mountainside The façade of the house is slightly slanted, adding to the view of the mountain scenery across the valley opposite of the house The house, which was completed in 2009, was built and furnished in cooperation with a large number of Dutch designers and companies that produce Dutch design Their willful designs fit well in the spacious, industrial architecture of the villa Pieces and objects of, amongst others, Hella Jongerius, Demakersvan, Scholten & Baijings, Marcel Wanders, Claudy Jongstra, Royal Tichelaar Makkum and Vitra Nederland were used (text from official website) photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size 2009 160 m² Structural engineer Services engineer General consultant Contractor Services engineer Supplier Services engineer Cooperating designer Cooperating designer Roof & facade consultant CMA Christiaan Müller s Alex Kilchmann Comet GmbH Geobrugg AG Kurt Schnyder Bauunternehmung Lippuner EMT AG Maurus Cathomas Oscar Caduff Studio JVM, Jeroen van Mechelen Thomas Eyck Walch GmbH Roderick You can only visit the Villa when renting the place Check the website how to: http://wwwvillavalsch 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ 5
photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Annalisa Zumthor House Leis 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 photo: Ralph Kent Project is not public! 2009 Client Annalisa Zumthor jrhartley Drive up above Vals, opposite a restaurant/bar on the south side of the valley above the town http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ 6
Hotel Alpina Platz 1 http://wwwhotel-alpina-valsch/ Hotel Alpina is located on the picturesque village square of Vals in In 2006, the hotel and guest house was completely renovated by Gion A Caminada, an architect from the Swiss canton of Graubünden The hotel is within walking distance of the world-famous Therme Vals spa photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti 2006 Gion A Caminada JKA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/natalia/guides/vals/ 7