american architect thom mayne has added new rooms and a new entrance building to a hotel complex in switzerland that also includes work by japanese architects ando and kengo kuma. the site — which most notably includes the peter zumthor-designed therme vals spa — dates back to approximately 1500 BC, when the people of the middle bronze age were among the first to appreciate the soothing power of the region’s warm spring water.

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the stone rooms are made from locally quarried quartzite
all images courtesy of global image creation / 7132 hotel, vals / morphosis architects

 

 

mayne, who leads architecture firm morphosis, was commissioned by the 7132 hotel to design new guest suites — the ‘wood’ rooms and the ‘stone’ rooms. as the names suggest, the former are clad entirely with timber, while the latter are made from locally quarried quartzite — the same material which zumthor used for the adjacent spa. all facilities feature a glass shower in the center of the room, with a balcony that overlooks the alpine landscape beyond.

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the wood rooms are clad entirely with timber

 

 

morphosis was also asked to revamp the resort’s lobby area. now complete, a new entrance building and driveway seek to provide the hotel with a greater sense of arrival, welcoming guests to the luxury retreat. an overhead aperture at the center of the brilliant white structure has been designed to shine a spotlight on visitors, putting them at the center of the scheme from the moment of their arrival. in march 2015, morphosis revealed the design of a planned luxury high-rise hotel in vals, also for 7132 ltd.

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a balcony overlooks the alpine landscape

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a glass shower is positioned at the center of the room

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morphosis was also asked to revamp the resort’s lobby area

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a new entrance building provides the hotel with a greater sense of arrival

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the site includes the peter zumthor-designed therme vals spa

 

 

project info:

 

location: vals, switzerland
client: 7132 ltd
size: each room is 215 gross sqf / 20 gross sqm
quantity: 20 total / 10 stone, 10 wood
program: guest suites
design: april 2015 – march 2016
construction: april 2016 – june 2016
type: hospitality

 

morphosis team
design director: thom mayne
project principal: arne emerson
project manager: robin williams
project architect: robin williams
project designer: paul cambon
project assistants: tom day, kabalan fares, fredy gomez, maria herrero, chip hubert, eric meyer, nicole meyer, lizzy miller, liana nourafshan,one jae lee, colton stevenson, henry svendsen, helena yun
visualization: jasmine park

 

consultants
associate architect: giubbini architekten, chur
structural: WLW engineers, buchs
MEP: marco felix AG, chur
lighting: amstein & walthert, chur

 

construction team
construction management: priora AG, chur., opus GmbH, vals
general contractor: priora AG, chur
curved glass shower: cricursa, barcelona, tuchschmid, frauenfeld

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