Architecture
Integrating Wellness into Residential Architecture
How our atelier collaborates with architects to specify plunge and thermal rooms into private homes.
Author
Mikael Rehn
Design Director
Published
January 2026
Reading
8 min read
The best wellness rooms are drawn at the same time as the rest of the house. Retrofits are possible, but early collaboration always produces a better result.
Service planning
Water, drainage, electrical and ventilation must be resolved early. A plunge is a piece of engineering as much as furniture.
Material continuity
The plunge should belong to the room. Continuity of stone, timber and joinery is what separates a residential installation from a commercial one.
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