Project made for the Arquitectum
"Rome Competition: a vertical SPA facing the Colosseum"
The building is like a 100 meters high MONOLITHIC volume eroded
inside by water.
The main material is the liquid system of empty space that erodes,
and crystallizes and penetrating inside SUB-AQUEA.
SUB-AQUEA crystals contain, in an ascending gradient of
temperatures (25 ° C --- 32 ° C), the different functions called WELLNESS
ROOMS, and such as Roman Baths, water temperature controls interior
temperature.
The crystals profile follow the flow direction of rainwater, that
is harvested, purified and reused within the SPA.
The pools and terraces become elements that break the MONOLITH,
creating the water square suspended over the city of Rome.
The project received an honorable mention in the Rome competition promoted
by www.arquitectum.com