
Big cities and the troubled routine of urban life increasingly reveal the need for moments of relaxation aimed at physical and mental health. This concern has become more evident after the long quarantine periods of the Covid-19 pandemic, when disconnecting from routine became even more difficult. Thus, in recent years, more and more people have been looking for activities and places that provide this rest.
In the extremely connected world we live in today, in times of home-office, double or triple working hours and social networks that provide access to countless information at any time of the day or night, people's physical and mental health has been increasingly a subject guided by health professionals. At the same time that all these tools spread through society, the numbers of syndromes linked to anxiety, depression and other types of diseases, such as heart disease, also grew. With all this accumulated tension, refuges have also become increasingly necessary: from gyms to spas, passing through saunas, pools, baths and beauty areas, these spaces that are normally linked to luxurious hotels, need to start to occupy cities, and people's routine as well.
Check out a series of different types of relaxation spaces below:
SPA
The Spa / M1K3 PROJECT

Botanique SPA / Coletivo de Arquitetos

Naman Spa / MIA Design Studio

Exercise
Garden Yoga Studio / Madeiguincho

Flow Yoga and Movement Studio / Nan Arquitectos

Yoga Space Premavati / Aguirre Arquitetura

Bath
Bath Room / Esquadra Arquitetos

Karlshamn Cold Bath House / White Arkitekter

Sauna
Wool Sauna at Ziedlejas Wellness Resort / OPEN AD

Sauna / Formløs Architecture

One Man Sauna / Modulorbeat

Solar Egg Sauna / Bigert & Bergström

São Roque Sauna / messina | rivas

Pools
Carpa Olivera / Colectivo Urbano

AntiRoom II / Elena Chiavi + Ahmad El Mad + Matteo Goldoni

Guðlaug Baths / BASALT Architects

Spaces for Self-Care and Beauty
Lula Hair Salon / YYA / Yusuke Yoshino Architects

Color Stand Hair Salon / FATHOM

Meditation Areas
Meditation Pavilion & Garden / GMAA | ArchDaily

Meditation House in The Forest / Kengo Kuma & Associates + STUDIO LOIS Architecture

Jeju Island Tea House / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira
