You’ve been a leader in the water and aqua-leisure engineering business for almost 60 years. When did you add spa design to your wide range of services?
We decided to add spa interior design to our services around three years ago, primarily due to clients requesting a one-stop shop when it comes to spa design. We’ve always offered the technical design aspects of the spa, so it seemed a logical step forward to offer our clients a full design package.
What’s your philosophy when it comes to spa design?
To never stand still and always try to innovate. We constantly get asked to create something new and unique.
What in your opinion makes the perfect spa environment?
Making sure that the spa has the perfect journey in relation to the surroundings, theme, culture and architecture. The spa also needs to have the major fundamentals including wet area, relaxation and treatment rooms.
What do you see as the biggest challenges of spa design, especially when you’re working in different cultures?
Some of the biggest challenges we have are mainly due to where the spa is located in relation to its surroundings and architecture. This can have a big impact on the journey,
views, access and movement, etc. Different cultures do pose their own unique challenges, but this can always be resolved by good design.
What can they expect from your spa design process?
Our design process is unique in the fact that we offer both technical design and interior design thus enabling a more integrated package. With every client, we always engage, evaluate, design and deliver.
What projects are you currently working on?
We’ve recently finished design projects in Hong Kong, the UK, Dubai, Sri Lanka and Qatar. 2018 is already looking busy for us with more projects within Europe, Middle East
and Asia, so watch this space.
What excites you about the wellness market today, and do you have any predictions for the future of spa design?
I think everyone is now more socially aware of their own wellbeing and because of this there’s so much variety and choice in the spa industry which can only be a good thing for us all.
For the future of spa design, I think we’ll see two things happening. Firstly, technology will play a bigger part to give our guests a truly immersive experience; and secondly, spas will become more family oriented and not just the domain of singles and couples. So expect also to see mini kids spas appearing in the future!
