BALNEUM

Three materials, chosen for their presence as much as for their restraint.

White marble welcomes both gaze and body. It diffuses light gently, creating a calm and restful atmosphere. Lapis lazuli, denser, introduces an almost nocturnal depth, like a ground that anchors and slows down perception. Gold, used in subtle touches, captures and releases light with discretion.

The space is structured around a clear axis. Circulations are fluid, gestures simplified, distances carefully measured. The bathtub settles at the center, slightly lifted, as if detached from the ground without breaking from it. It becomes a place of immersion, stable and accessible, designed to support the body with care.

Light enters as a form of breathing.

It slips into the folds of the architecture, runs along surfaces, reveals textures, and connects. Transitions remain progressive, almost imperceptible, allowing the eye to linger without being solicited.

As natural light recedes, a discreet ceiling light takes over.

At night, the space contracts.

Intensity lowers, the ceiling light fades, and the atmosphere becomes subdued. At the base of the bathtub, light meets water and generates soft caustics, gently moving, barely graspable. Above, a quiet constellation unfolds, more perceived than observed.

The whole seeks a subtle balance between ergonomics, aesthetics and meaning.

To reduce, in order to welcome.
To clarify, in order to inhabit.
To let light act, without constraining it.

Within this restraint, the space finds its rightness.
And everyday life regains a sense of ease.

© Atelier dada.

The concepts, texts, visuals and devices presented in this project are original creations of atelier dada @ Marie-Ikram Bouhlel.
They may not be reproduced, adapted, or transposed without the explicit consent of the author.

Background video embedded from YouTube: “Cosmos 4K”, by Ayrton Borges. Source: YouTube. https://youtu.be/IWVJq-4zW24?is=1U5p--TTV8PMNIkh