Status Updates From Peter Zumthor Therme Vals

Hence, working on the architectural design always meant thinking about the rituals of bathing. The architecture that we developed step-by-step inspired us to see the experience of bathing in a new light, to find new choices and forms, to leave some things out, to rediscover original forms. Conversely, studying the art of bathing influenced our architecture. […]

In the beginning there is already the question as to the ends.

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