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Feb 2010
By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Architecture News , Anne Holtrop, Floating Gardens, spa, Studio Noach, The Netherlands
In five days, a new type of spa exhibition will be on display during the “Architecture of Consequence” in the Netherlands. Studio Noach, along with Anne Holtrop, developed a floating spa that seems to be a “construction of a landscape”, an extension of the land into the water to create a serene environment. Using recycled polystyrene and Patrick Blanc’s “living wall” ideas, the architecture of the spa makes the walls and ceilings the outer for hills and valleys while the interior follows the counter form of the landscape.
More about the spa after the break. read more »
