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The Stone Thermal Baths
Title
The Stone Thermal Baths [electronic resource] / ARTE France.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : ARTE France [2001]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : distributed by Infobase, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2001
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (26 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 11, 2015.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, June 24, 2015).
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The thermal baths of Vals-les-Bains designed by Peter Zumthor reinvent the concept of bathing and provide the stage-setting for a play of light on water. In the remote alpine village of Vals-les-Bains, in Switzerland, a mountain hot spring has been has enjoyed for over a century. As the tourist complex declined in the 1990s, the community decided to construct a new facility submerged in the mountain face. Foliated gneiss strata form horizontal bands visible on the façade. Inside, sixty-meter long walls and terraces juxtapose water, light, and architectural austerity to create an experience of both sensuality and spirituality.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
digital transfer of (manifestation): ARTE France, 2001.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Architectures-Achievements in Modern Architecture
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Vals-les-Bains Introduction (0:51)
Vals Hydrotherapy Center (1:14)
Vals Spa Concept (1:50)
Vals Spa Position (1:14)
Vals Spa Layout (2:28)
Vals Architectural Vision (1:26)
Vals Spa Construction (1:52)
Vals Spa 'Surprise' Units (1:23)
Concrete Architecture (1:12)
Vals Spa Stone Walls (1:49)
Vals Spa Vistas (1:32)
Bathing Ritual (2:27)
Vals Spa Lighting (2:53)
Architecture and Freedom (1:28)
Vals Spa Conclusion (1:38)
Credits: The Stone Thermal Baths: Architectures-Achievements in Modern Architecture (0:54)
Videorecording number
65319s Infobase
65354 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
ARTE France, production company.
Infobase, film distributor.
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