The natural light bounces off of the creme coloured stone walls allowing the space to feel open and light. I love how the natural coloured stone walls also allows the reflection of the water to to colour the ceiling and walls bringing the art that has been painted a new dynamic. It creates the effect that the water is above you and bellow you a bit like when you’re in a cave pool.

The use of soft lines on the joinery, corners and trimmings gives the space a more natural feel and makes the space feel soft and inviting.

I love the use of the stones as the formation of the pool. It creates a strong feature out of the pool and helps the pool assert its dominance over the space making is clear that this is the star of the show. It also gives the pool an organic feel purely because of the use of natural materials. This also would have been an environmentally friendly option being able sourcing the rock from the local area, reusing available materials.

This traditional Japanese bath house achieves what I would love to incorporate into my design with the indoor outdoor flow. The feeling of bathing in nature whist being in an indoor bath. The lighting conditions of this space is very dim allowing the water to reflect the forest bringing the outside in. it also allows for a stronger sense of privacy and relaxation as our bodies are conditioned to prepare for rest in darker spaces.

The use of natural wooden beams, clear corrugated roofing and the absence of solid walls provides a natural bathing experience where you’re surrounded by nature whist still being protected from the elements and in a man made, temperature controlled pool. This combines the best of both worlds in a very simplistic way.

This bath house is a modern take on the traditional Japanese baths. It combines the natural environment with a big open wall (which I love) and natural materials with a modern architectural style using clean lines and a minimalistic interior. Again the lighting conditions are dim and rely more on the natural light coming in from the open wall. The dark polished stone floor also allows some of the natural light to reflect off of its surface carrying the light further into the space. I think this lighting technique is very clever and I will consider working it into my design to allow for more natural light in the space.