Wellness

Why This Studio

I did not come to this typology from the outside. Long before I was designing wellness spaces, I was a patron of them, and I understand how a bathhouse or spa actually gets used, not just how it gets built. I know how a body moves through a space that is built for both exposure and retreat, how a corridor can lead someone toward company or away from it, and how the same building can hold a crowded room and a private one within a few feet of each other, without either one compromising the other. That understanding shapes every plan before a single wall goes up.

A wellness space is not a room with a hot tub in it. It is a sequence: arrival, heat, cold, rest, and repeat. But it is also a study in proximity. Every good bathhouse holds a full range of experience under one roof, communal spaces built for visibility and gathering, and quieter rooms built for privacy and distance from the crowd. The architecture has to hold both without either one feeling like an afterthought.

One architect, from the first idea to the last detail of the build.

Hydrothermal spaces are some of the most technically demanding to get right, and some of the most costly to get wrong. Feinstein House is built to carry a wellness project from the first conversation through the day the doors open, with one point of contact managing the vision, the consultants, and the details.

1. 01DreamingDiscovery and Vision
2. 02Can We Build ItFeasibility
3. 03The Big IdeaSchematic Design
4. 04Getting SpecificDesign Development
5. 05The BlueprintConstruction Documents
6. 06On Site, On CallConstruction Administration
7. 07Move InCloseout
8. 08Living In ItPost-Occupancy Evaluation

I stay attached to a project the way any good bathhouse stays attached to its community, through every phase, every consultant, and every detail, until the space is actually open and in use.

Services

• Facility Design

  Comprehensive Spa and Bathhouse design

• Space Planning

  Wet and dry circuit sequencing, guest areas, staff areas

• Thermal Experience Design

  From sauna and steam to plunge and rest

• Circulation Planning

  Layout planning across a full range of communal and private spaces

• Sight Lines & Privacy

  Deliberating privacy gradients, calibrated by room and program

• Lighting Design

  Crafting the shifts between visibility and discretion

• Materials and Finishes

  Proper selection for continuous heat, humidity, moisture, and durability

• Consultant Coordination

  Leading a team with mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and specialist consultants

• Code Compliance

  Coordinating zoning, building, and health department compliance for bathing and wet areas.

• Feasibility

  Pro forma review, ideation, site analysis

• Construction Administration

  Evaluate construction, quality review, and ongoing consultant coordination

• Post-Occupancy Evaluation

Have a space, a concept, or an operation you are ready to build out? Let us talk.