Stockholm architects Claesson Koivisto Rune’s recently completed Parquet Patterned Pool and Spa on the grounds of a neoclassical mansion in southern Sweden demonstrates the architectural quality water can possess when deployed as a quasi-material. Ola Rune explains... <b>Your Parquet Patterned Pool and Spa transforms the very essence of a wellness project – water – into a “building element”. How did you achieve this?</b> Water is a fantastic material to work with. Its colour changes so dramatically with light. The deeper you go, the less light penetrates the water and the deeper its turquoise hue becomes. So, by outfitting the space in pure white, we are able to show this phenomenon pedagogically and simply. Together with the white tiles we used, water really was our main material in this project. <b>What comes first when designing? How a project looks or how it makes its users feel?</b> On this particular project, we made the layout and organised the space well before adding wh… continue
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