project : : Mandarin Oriental Spa at Dellis Cay : : Dellis Cay isalnd, Turks & Caicos : : 2008~ : : 2.400m² (constr) : :
program : : Spa facilities, Retail, Public Spaces : : 
credits : :  Javier Villar Ruiz Partner in Charge at KKAA (LEAD) : : 
synopsis : :Although this Spa facility was planned to be within a very ambitious resort complex with an overwhelming series of pompous hospitality architectures, the reality is that the site was in the middle of a small Caribbean island with the expected access difficulties and lack of nearby construction capibility. Is in this regard that the design of this rather oversized Spa aimed for a simple architectural typology, straight-forward construction methods and a primitive expression that could match such quality expectations; while also detaching itself from the rest of extrovert architectures enviosioned to populate that small island : : Renders by Dbox : :