The building tamina thermal baths designed by Smolenicky & Partner Architecture for the Grand Resort located in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. is the Tamina thermal baths is explicitly conceived as a part of the grand-hotel culture. The cultural and aesthetic identity of the project seeks an affinity to both Swiss tradition and the grand hotels of the Baltic coast, such as Heiligendamm.

Exterior design the building tamina thermal baths

For this reason the building volume has a monumental character, in order to stand out as an institution equal to the other buildings in the resort. Simultaneously the thermal baths are intended to relativize the almost “urban” stonework character of the spa spring hall. This explains the snow-white woodwork of the thermal baths, lending it the pavilion-like character of the architecture of a historical holiday resort.

Hall design the building tamina thermal baths

This project is the result of a two-stage competition from 2003. The aim of the first phase of the process was to coordinate the large pending architectural interventions in terms of town planning. Where should the new five-star hotel be located, where should the extension of the medical centre be set, and how should the new public thermal baths be accessed from the site? The plan was to invest and coordinate a total of SFr. 160 million in new constructions and structural alterations.

The administration design of the building tamina thermal baths

Interior design of the building tamina thermal baths

Bathing place design of the building tamina thermal baths

Pole design of the building tamina thermal baths

Relaxing baths design of The building tamina thermal baths

Relaxing place design The building tamina thermal baths

Windows design The building tamina thermal baths

The second part of the competition involved designing the project’s two major new constructions – the hotel and the thermal baths. The architectural office Smolenicky & Partner won the project for the Tamina thermal baths, Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht Architects the project for the new hotel.

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