Pandemic Positive - Luxurious Domicile Steam Room

An appreciation, passion together with commitment to bespoke, authentic blueprint is the hallmark of our portfolio. It’s what keeps us inspired to proceed creating improve spaces for people to live, nourish together with relax in. So when nosotros had a telephone band to transform a unused service surface area of the domicile into a luxurious steam room alongside shower nosotros simply had to state yes! 

Project Description

A large modern domicile built at the plow of the millennium.  Situated on the side of a steep sloping street, real some Sydney's picturesque Bronte Beach.  The clients Luke together with Alicia together with their 3 children convey a existent connectedness to their local surroundings, particularly the ocean. So much hence they requested a steam room live on constructed into a infinite that at the fourth dimension housed much dirt!  All this hence they could destination their beach days rejuvenated together with relaxed.

Structural Challenges

·         Turn dirt into useable infinite – a luxurious spa room infact!

·         Lack of Air flow

·         Difficult access

·         Existing plumbing together with pipework inward the way

·         Moisture, dampness together with H2O flooding issues

·         Stringent installation specifications for steam appliance.

Client Requirements

·         Q- Have you lot e'er built a steam room? A- Ummm NO!

·         Desire for something amazingly beautiful;

·         A house for relaxation;

·         Soft lighting;

·         Natural materials ;

·         Shower and

·         Steam NOT sauna

Design Statement

Where to start? Underground space. Dirt. Pipes.  Cables, stale air – together with a H2O tank!  The outset affair the designer had to exercise was empathise how the proposed infinite could component subdivision from a programme perspective.  Consideration to the necessitate to access the H2O tank together with to exercise positive airflow together with extraction for musty air was paramount.

The result, a room inside a room - hence to speak.  A walkway that was the most straight off from the master entry indicate together with hence laid upwardly out to explore the seating together with shower requirements.  Once the spatial programme was created the alternative of the steam appliance was confirmed.  This was no tardily feat.  Size of room, drinking glass thickness, room ceiling height, together with remote access all played a component subdivision inward the conclusion process. 

The steam appliance selected was Italian made.  This meant dealing alongside overseas tardily at nighttime to become information such every bit the book of the room 100% accurate; the thermal properties of the room right alongside inward wall insulation, triple glazing, the viewing window parameters together with a completely sealed door to hold the oestrus in. Actually the Italians wanted everything confirmed prior to supplying the unit.

Finally alongside the unit of measurement selected together with the book for the room decided the designer hence laid upwardly nearly to blueprint the seating together with the ceilings. Curved ceiling were selected to brand the infinite experience larger together with to a greater extent than cocooned. This was every bit good needed to foreclose condensation on the ceiling.  This curvaceous concept hence went onto cast the seating area. Constructed from Hebel block together with shaped past times manus this continued mirrored organic from.

The designer added a manus shower at entry/exit into the steam room to cool off together with a shower on the exterior for the consummate cleanse.  Lighting was layered, uplight together with dimmable to heighten the mood.  The alternative of lighting every bit good had to live on explored every bit it had to live on completely impervious to condensation.

Overall this infinite is a luxurious retreat – a house to retreat had rejuvenate oneself from life.