Architect

1. PETER ZUMTHOR
Uncompromising and minimalist

2. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• Interference of feeling and desire
Feelings +desire=form
• He believes that in the end of every conceptual
thinking starts real architecture which is based on
structure and material.
CHARACTERISTICS
• Site consideration
• Exploration of the tactile and sensory qualities of
spaces and materials while retaining a minimalist feel.
• Understanding of construction and the qualities of
different rustic building materials.
PETER ZUMTHOR
• 26th April 1943),Basel ,Switzerland
PETER ZUMTHOR

3. Works of Peter Zumthor
The Therme Vals,
switzerland
01
Kunsthaus
Bregenz, Austria
02
Kolumba,germany
03

4. The Therme Vals , Switzerland
◦ Spa designed for visitors to luxuriate and
rediscover the ancient benefits of bathing
◦ Connect deeper with nature( steam, mountain,
topography) and space
◦ Concepts about rituals of purification and
thermal baths

5. ◦ Walls thickness is revealed with the
windows negative space, creating a
cave effect from the occupant’s
perspective
◦ Combinations of light and shadow,
closed and open spaces hotel and
spa in one which combines a
complete sensory
◦ Puzzling construction between the
slabs
◦ Allows natural light to creates a
mystic architectural momentum in
the interior spaces
◦ Interiors are organized with
blocks, each one of them contains
water from the bath
Design composed from layers of
monolithic horizontal and
vertical slabs
Outdoors and interior spaces are
concrete and Quartzite slabs
Façade is made out of stones and
interrupted by wide openings and
windows
The Therme
Vals ,
Switzerland

6. Kunsthaus
Bregenz,Austria
• Gallery for contemporary art
• Built between 1990 and 1997
• MATERIAL:
glass and steel and a cast
concrete stone
• CONCEPT:
A light box that absorbs,
reflects, and filters light across the façade
and throughout the building

7. • Light that is captured by the glass façade gets filtered through a
light plenum that catches and distributes the light through the
gallery spaces
• Walls and floor are made of polished concrete
• Ceiling that filters the light from the plenum is made of frosted
glass
• Basic materials of the interior give the gallery spaces a stark, cold
feeling that works to accommodate the art working in the space
• Façade consists of 912 finely etched equally sized glass panels
weighing some 250 kg each, secured by clips to a steel
framework

8. Kolumba
◦ One of the oldest museum in the city
◦ the original chapel was badly damaged during the war and
replaced by a modern chapel
◦ shares its site with the ruins of the Gothic church and the
1950s chapel
◦ design rises from the ruins church, respecting the site’s
history and preserving its essence
◦ combines contemporary architecture with the remains of
the old medieval constructions
◦ light gray brick walls and clay plaster, flooring made of
Jura limestone, terrazzo, and mortar, ceilings made of a
poured mortar shell

9. ◦ linear in elevation with perforated brickwork facades, handcrafted in
light-gray bricks
◦ brick work allows diffused light to fill specific spaces of the museum
◦ filter walls create air and light permeable membranes
◦ composed of paintings, sculptures, drawings, dresses, precious objects
and jewels, manuscripts, decorative arts
galleries for both ancient and modern art,
temporary exhibition rooms, a library, remains
of the original medieval buildings, places of
worship, an open-air courtyard and garden in
the middle of the building

10. Source
◦ https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a2530-therme-vals-spa-in-switzerland-by-peter-
zumthor/#:~:text=In%20the%20alpine%20village%20of,captured%20through%20the%20five%20senses.
◦ https://www.archdaily.com/107500/ad-classics-kunsthaus-bregenz-peter-zumthor
◦ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunsthaus_Bregenz
◦ https://www.inexhibit.com/mymuseum/kolumba-art-museum-cologne-peter-zumthor/
◦ https://archello.com/project/kolumba-museum