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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. 

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CONCEPT

Travel

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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

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FLOOR PLAN

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LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

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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

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Blossoming

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 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. 

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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. 

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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

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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. 

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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. 

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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

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