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Halcyon Spa

A wellness retreat

Halcyon Spa
Plate I — Halcyon SpaPhotograph · Marin Ellis
Location
Tulum, Mexico
Year
2024
Area
850 sqm
Client
Halcyon Group
/ 02The brief

Conceived as a contemporary interpretation of a Mayan temazcal, the spa is organized around a central plunge pool and a single oculus that frames the sky above.

Halcyon Spa — view 2
Halcyon Spa — view 3
/ 03The response

A subterranean spa built into the limestone of the Yucatán — six treatment rooms, a cenote pool, and a steam temple.

The design centres on a quiet procession of rooms, each with its own material vocabulary — patinated brass and lime plaster in the entrance; deep emerald and oak in the library; calacatta viola marble and hand-loomed linen in the dining room. We worked closely with the client over eighteen months, and with a team of craftspeople drawn from our long-standing network of workshops.

Halcyon Spa — view 4
Halcyon Spa — view 5
/ 04Materials

The palette

Bone
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Sage
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Clay
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Selected materials

  • / 01Local limestone
  • / 02Talavera tiles
  • / 03Cedar
  • / 04Linen
/ 05Credits
Lead Designer
Iris Halverson
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