Venue

The workshop was held in Hotel Therme Vals in Switzerland from the afternoon of August 5 to the morning of August 8, 2013. You can find it in the map below.


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Vals is a peaceful and beautiful municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Located in the Valser valley, it is well known for its thermal baths (Therme Vals). It is the source of the Valser mineral water and Valserstein, a granite with many minerals in it giving it a sparkle.

Therme Vals is the hotel/spa complex in Vals, built over the only thermal springs in the Graubünden canton in Switzerland. The architect for the project, Peter Zumthor, received the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in the year 2009.

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Traveling

Hotel Therme Vals is 168 km away from Zurich, and 323 km away from Munich. One can take a train to Ilanz, and then go to Vals by bus (20 km).

In partiular, the connection between Zurich airport and Vals with public transportation is very good. There is a train (followed by bus) from Zurich airport to Therme Vals, every hour from 06:13 to 18:13 (except 12:13), and it takes two hours and 56 minutes in total. Please see below for a time table sample for the train departing at 11:13. You can buy the train ticket at the airport. The public transportation schedule can be found at http://www.sbb.ch.