Comments on: The Therme Vals / Peter Zumthor

By: scottmft

scottmft — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:06:04 +0000

i apologize…’timeless’ is the wrong word-’enduring’ might be a better choice…i wasn’t referring to it as beyond its’ context, both physical and temporal…i guess i was responding to its’ success as a response to the very real physicality of it…and i think that is what everybody loves about it-it is not about image-making, formal excitement-it is about being a warm human body in it…it’s crazy, but that sense is not discussed a lot from what i hear in architectural circles these days- a human body is just a data point in a MRVDV study…oh, and i love that you mentioned aalto…but i do not have the same love for gwathmey, meier and eisenman…too cold, trendy and intellectual for me-like the thom mayne of the 60’s and 70’s…

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By: MattHuskins

MattHuskins — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:35:32 +0000

Hey, Im doing a project on this structure and Im trying to find some sort of site plan or areal photograph of the site, any help?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:03:47 +0000

Architecture isn’t fashion, but nor is it ‘timeless.’ It has a context, a set of contraints and an intellectual grounding, those things are all based in a certain time. It isn’t, and shouldnt be, fashion, the scale is entirely different, the amount of intelligence that goes into the design of a skirt someone wears for 5 months is not comparable to the life span of a 50 year building.

However, all architecture is rooted in a time frame, a context, a background. To see a work as ‘timeless’ is naive, overly simplistic and plain old dangerous.

Zumthor, as great as he is [and he is great] is no more timeless than Gropius Mies or Aalto. Muchless, Gwathmey, Meier and Eisenman.

By: Scottmft

Scottmft — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:14:12 +0000

Definitely a masterpiece…I think the lesson here is that contemporary architecture needs to connect with the eternal lessons…experience, material, vision…how can one parametrically model the soul?

By: Phill

Phill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:15:46 +0000

Have experienced this for myself – one of the most relaxing and peaceful spaces i’ve ever been to.

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By: Archlad

Archlad — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:27:54 +0000

Quite different, but also great leisure architecture http://www.archdaily.com/4190/geometric-hot-springs-german-del-sol/