
ECO SPA
TALLAHASSEE, FL
4th year | Fall 2019
Category: Wellness Design
Duration: 4 weeks
Skills: Revit, Lumion, Photoshop, InDesign, Hand Rendering, FF&E Selection, PowerPoint, Teamwork, Space Planning
Eco Spa is a perfect balance between dated and modern. As the old Toys R Us closes its doors, new opportunities are created to breathe life into the dated structure. With 40, 000 square feet in our hands, the goal for this new space was to improve the lives and livelihoods of the Tallahassee community. For this reason, my team and I decided to create a multi-level wellness center that focuses on enhancing the overall health of clients. The new facility offers a variety of treatments, classes, and regimens to help visitors reduce their load of stress associated with job pressure, health factors, and technology. The center supports a sense of holistic healing through physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.

CONCEPT
Travel




Experience
Connect
Grow
Humans have an innate desire to connect with nature. Making one feel immersed benefits the cognitive, affective and behavioral lifestyle. These psychological elements are related to the core of nature connectedness and mood effectiveness. Therefore it's important to create a tranquil environment in which humans feel soothed and newly energized.
Eco Spa’s design will be inspired by the human affinity for nature and will encapsulate worldly characteristics & rituals to be integrated into the environment. The center of the facility will act as the heart of community gathering. A variety of wellness specialties will branch from the center, creating a fluid motion of circulation throughout the space. Depth will be emphasized by the use of multi-level planes and scale of textures. Natural elements will be abstracted to emulate organic architectural forms to contrast the linearity of height and scale. A low arousal color palette fused with wood & stone textures will embody the familiar aspects of earthly attributes. With the culmination of these principles, the goal of Eco Spa will foster multi-level wellness and enlightened user experience.
Affinity for Nature

FLOOR PLAN


LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2



Legend
1.Reception
2.Vitamin Bar
3.Garden / Central Sphere
4.Thermal Bath
5.Community Pool / The Reservoir
6.Sauna
7.Lockers
8.Grand Stair
9.Spa Reception
10.Spa Supply/Laundry
11.Pre Treatment or Serenity Spring
12.Treatment Room
13.Jacuzzi / The Haven
14.Custodial Storage
15.Floating Pod / Levitation Bath
16.Spa Boutique
17.Mechanical Room
18.Public Rest.
19.Electrical Room
20.Staff Rest.
21. Staff Lockers
22.Staff Breakroom
23.Staff Bull Pin
24.Financial Officer
25.Human Resources
26.Accounting
27.Consulting
28.Day Care Rest.
29.Day Care
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Most Innovative Design Award
DRAWINGS
PROCESS SKETCHES


Blossoming
flower
The blossoming flower encapsulates the shape of the architecture
All the petals come together as a whole connecting to its root
RECEPTION
The entrance of Eco Spa warmly welcomes visitors and sparks curiosity to continue throughout the space. Flooring transitions intuitively guide the visitor through the space, enforcing a familiar and comfortable environment.


CENTRAL
SPHERE
The center of the facility will act as the heart of community gathering. The architectural structure creates an intimate environment grounded by nature that resembles Tallahassee’s vernacular. Ramps that branch from the center consider stakeholders while taking them on an elevated journey directing them through the space.

THE RESERVOIR
The Reservoir serves as an area of solitude that allows members to interact among others in the community while taking a holistic approach to exercise and relaxation. Recessed LED lights act as a sense of way-finding following the shape of the pool, creating curiosity to move deeper into the space. Changing planes of the ceilings define personal and communal zones.
THE SPA

SERENITY
SPRING
Integrated organic forms add height and scale in the space, evoking inspiration and relaxation for clients awaiting their treatment. Cascading water and natural light fuse the boundaries between indoors and outdoors soothing their senses with visual elements and natural sounds. The water surrounding the interior induces clients into a paradisiac state.

THE HAVEN
A serene introduction of natural elements subdue stress and begin to engulf the client in a relaxed state of being. Making one feel immersed benefits the cognitive, affective and behavioral lifestyle. The path creates a fluid journey towards the Jacuzzi and carves into the treatment room integrating water as a part of their experience.

LEVITATION
BATH
The Levitation Bath is located within the spa and offers another haven for clients to renew their physical, mental and spiritual state. The concrete path leads to the circular portal where an existential experience awaits.
AWARD
