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Underground Spa
Tourist Farm Underground Extension
2023
Status
Built
Location
Sela pri Ratežu, Slovenia
Area
110 m²
Program
Hospitality
Architecture
Ognen Arsov
Ana Kosi
Žiga Rošer
Kaja Todorović
Photography
Ana Skobe
On a clearing surrounded by a forest lies a former mill, nowadays a tourist farm. The romantic, idyllic estate consists of five rustic buildings. A new facility with spa program was added to one of them – the apartment house. The new spa is not designed as an object that integrates formally and stylistically with the existing farm buildings. It is designed as an underground space with its own logic and rules. At the entrance the visitor moves from a traditional rural environment to an introverted, abstract, purified space. A visit to the spa is intended for relaxation, rest and meditation. Retreating into a parallel "underground" world enables this leap not only on the physical but also the mental level. The spa connects with the "upper world" via two light wells and an outdoor terrace. These three elements are designed as wooden, abstract prisms that pierce the green hill between existing objects. The new object is only perceived in the "upper world" through the distortion of typical rural scenery created by these new unexpected wooden elements.
Before / Location
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Axonometry - Position of the new underground extention in relation to the existing building.
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Adding a new volume under the existing terrain.
Dividing the volume into five rooms, according to their use.
Skylights inducing natural light and allowing the connection of the spa with the exterior.
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Floor Plan
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Section through skylights
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Section through the stepped corridor
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Facade