Obsidian Oasis Spa

Location: Seattle, USA
Designed in 2023
Under construction
Scope: interior design + construction administration
1700 sq.ft

While entering the spa, the darkness shuts down your thoughts and immerses you fully in the present moment. With darkness surrounding you, you embrace the other senses. With every step, your feet are grounded in the feeling of the raw slate texture. You can hear calming music at the end of the corridor. It guides you forward.

Using proper zoning and dividing the space into functional areas, we enhance privacy while creating the illusion of spaciousness. The floor plan is arranged to navigate us instinctively as we move throughout the space during the ritual.

The color palette is determined by the fact that in daily life, our eyesight is the most overwhelmed of the senses. Darker colors calm our eyes and heighten the other senses. This is a spa where you may—and even have to–touch every surface to experience the differences in texture.

The winner in Architectural Design Wellness (SPA, Yoga, Retreat) at LIV International AWARDS

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Dark relaxation lounge with slate floors, an ice bowl on a charred-wood pedestal and a glass-walled cedar sauna beside floor-to-ceiling mountain views — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Terracotta vase with budding branches on a charred-wood pedestal, lit by a narrow blade of warm light — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Treatment room with a pale wood massage table, hammered-bronze side table and dark shelves of candles and oils beside the sauna door — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Treatment room in dark plaster with a light-wood massage table and brass singing bowl, bearing the LIV Hospitality Design Awards 2024 winner badge — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Close view of the pale wood massage table with a brass singing bowl and oil bottle on a hammered-bronze side table — Obsidian Oasis Spa

OBSIDIAN OASIS - holistic wellness in spaces — interior design by Nataly Karavay

Dark stone treatment space at Obsidian Oasis day spa in Seattle — wellness interior design by Nataly Karavay

Corner window framing lake and mountain views above twin bronze pedestal tables and a bouclé lounger on slate flooring — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Copper spout above a stone bowl of ice on a charred-wood plinth, facing the slatted cedar sauna behind glass — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Cedar sauna interior with slatted walls, floating bench, rolled towel and a vertical strip of red light — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Bouclé chaise longue with twin bronze side tables beside a glowing pleated fan-shaped floor lamp — Obsidian Oasis Spa

Relaxation room with slate floors and a sculptural glowing lamp, its glass wall opening to a lake and mountain panorama — Obsidian Oasis Spa

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