Overview

We are in a period of human civilization where new experiences are needed for an increasingly expansive global culture. Specifically, it is in this sense that the design of CAPPA offers intriguing experiences of comfort and human engagement of nature with environmental and ecological impact. This project for example in its application of water to create thermal spas that are in fact natural spas but also are a sustainable solution where underground water is a source of geothermal energy. For GAD’s design, water is an important natural resource that needs to be seen as a symbol within the architecture. For that reason, water is also a visible feature in the form of a large 6000m natural pool with symbolic and spatial impact. In these pools, a healthy microclimate is created in the combination of the dry air of the high plateau of Cappadocia with the natural geothermal ground water where visitors can bathe. More so GAD’s design makes this pool feature an external public space unique to the area in its large scale but a valuable contribution to an experience of health and wellbeing that is at the center of the design idea.