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Les Bains de Sorebois, Zinal
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03 — Zinal, Val d’Anniviers · 2,440 m

Les Bains de Sorebois

Altitude
2,440 m
Year
2023
Area
640 m²
Programme
Baths and saunas for a high-altitude hotel
Materials
Local slate, stone pine, brass

Baths carved into the rock, at 2,440 metres. You enter down a dark stair. You leave facing the glacier.

Les Bains de Sorebois, view 1

The slate dug out during construction now lines the walls. The sauna, entirely in stone pine, has a single opening: onto the snow.

Les Bains de Sorebois, view 2
Les Bains de Sorebois, view 3
The plan

The light was drawn before the walls. A line on the floor, another beneath the benches, and daylight entering through a slit.

above sea level
2 440 m
temperatures: 90°, 38°, 12°
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single opening onto the glacier
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Les Bains de Sorebois, view 4
Les Bains de Sorebois, view 5
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