2024 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Wagamachi sauna

Entrant Company

LUSTYdesign Inc.

Category

Interior Design - Other Interior Design

Client's Name

OS Co.,Ltd.

Country / Region

Japan

It is a space with a public sauna, a private sauna and a bar.
The entire space has a luxurious feel reminiscent of a luxury hotel, yet with a futuristic, edgy and impactful finish. The space is generally dark and gives the sensation of being transported to an extraordinary world of another dimension.
The sauna room in the public zone has a four-level seating layout. There are more tiers than in most sauna facilities, and it goes without saying that the moment you enter the sauna room is very powerful. Lighting is often indirect and, in the public sauna rooms, is futuristic in combination with the unusual wooden planks on the ceiling and walls. The adjacent shower and relaxation areas are finished in black and grey-toned tiles and have a very relaxing design. Of particular note is the indirect lighting in the relaxation area. The lighting is designed to fluctuate from bright to dark and vice versa, and when you are exposed to this flickering light in a hazy state of consciousness, you can enter a world of another dimension.

The sauna rooms in the private zone are smaller than those in the public zone, but have a gorgeous atmosphere. The walls are covered with coral pink and stone tiles and, as in the public zone, there is only indirect lighting.
Bathrooms and relaxation rooms are also adjacent to the public zone, providing an extraordinary experience in a space that ensures complete privacy.

After refreshing your body and mind in the sauna, you can enjoy bar drinks, alcohol and snacks designed in an oriental atmosphere. A decade ago, saunas in Japan were seen as an add-on to onsen (hot springs). The spaces themselves were not stylishly designed, and all saunas were plain and similarly sober.
This space has been designed in such a way as to overturn that image. It is an extraordinary space where visitors can immerse themselves in their own world, whether it is to relieve daily fatigue, to refresh their mood or for pleasure.

Credits

Interior & furniture design / LUSTYdesign Inc.
SHUNSUKE OHE
Lighting design / KOIZUMI Lighting Technology Corp.
MAINE OHNO
Lighting design / DAIKO ELECTRIC Co.,Ltd.
RYOTARO KUMAI
Construction / SANDA Corp.
DAISUKE KASHIMA
Photography / ToLoLo studio
NANA TAJIMA
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