References Categories Health & Beauty Caracalla Baths
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The Caracalla Baths are named after the Roman emperor who is once said to have taken the waters there. Today, they are home to a new WellnessLounge offering all the services of a modern wellness facility. Similarly to the Roman buildings all those years ago, the Caracalla Baths are situated along the Florentiner Berg (Mount Florentine). The central element of the spa area is the domed structure with the bathing complex that is partially built along the slope of the hill. The new WellnessLounge is also developed from here. The basic design idea was to create a design reference to the existing buildings and to the town's history as a spa resort.
Red tones dominate in the WellnessLounge. The Kruse architects chose a classical iron oxide red as the base colour for various colour-washed walls and ceilings and for various gradations as tile mosaics in sanitary rooms. The aim is to evoke the sense of classical red earth tones and brick structures. This is complemented by the red tones of American cherry tree for the built-in wooden units in the various rooms. Design homage is also paid to the Friedrichsbad (Friedrich's spa), the mother of all wellness facilities.
Most of the new building is located in the hillside. However, the architects didn't want visitors to notice this and thus allowed for as much natural light as possible. A challenge that was met with an ingenious system of skylights, light shafts and mirrors.
Category
Bathing fit for a king
Building owner
BKV-Bäder- und Kurverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, public law institution, Baden-Baden, represented by Vermögen und Bau B-W, Amt Pforzheim, Rastatt/ B.-Baden
Operator
CARASANA Bäderbetriebe GmbH, Baden-Baden
Architects shell
Architectural practice Karl-Heinz Leppert, Baden-Baden
Interior Fitting
Architectural practice Kruse, Baden-Baden
Products used from Duravit
Darling furniture washbasin, cut, colour white
Design: Dieter Sieger
Starck 1 furniture washbasin, colour white
Standing vanity unit, Starck 1, colour peartree
Design: Philippe Starck
Paiova bathtubs with whirl system, colour white, 170 x 100 cm, design corner left and design corner right
Design: EOOS
e-light ceiling lights, fitted with indirect coloured light and control
Design: Andreas Struppler
2nd floor wall-mounted WC, colour white
Design: Sieger Design