SPA
All of the treatment rooms will provide views of the lake
restaurants/bars (one wet, one dry) and five saunas, including two with panoramic views of the lake. The top floor will feature three treat- ment rooms and a large room for group therapy such as hot yoga. These rooms will all offer views over the lake.
How did the partnership with Patrick Blanc come about? The idea of having vegetation on the walls and roof came from the float- ing gardens created in the 1970s and 1980s by the Dutch artist Robert
Jasper Grootveld. We wanted to cre- ate a structure similar to that and when we teamed up with architect Anne Holtrop he said there’s a better way of doing this – a new technique developed by Patrick Blanc [see story opposite for more information]. Blanc’s technique is based on the idea that you don’t need soil to grow plants – all you need is sunlight, nutri- ents, minerals and water. He wraps a composite cloth material around build- ings, which just needs to be sprinkled with water for a few minutes each day
– using this technique you can grow plants on the side of walls. It wasn’t easy to contact Patrick
Blanc, but when we did get hold of him he got very enthusiastic about our idea because what we had created was an ecological loop – normally his vertical gardens use rainwater with added nutrients and minerals, but our concept building floats on fresh water so the plants can use that.
What will set the Floating Gardens apart from other spas? We are competing with four and five star city centre hotels. In these hotels, the spa facilities tend to consist of a pool and a sauna – sometimes in the basement – where the view is of some- one else’s genitals! In our case you will have beautiful views across the lake and gardens. From the city centre, you could hop on a canal boat and be with us in 15 minutes.
How did Kizito Musampa get involved?
I live on the canal close to the red light district, and one day I saw a Lamborghini with a Spanish licence
The layer of vegetation will provide insulation
plate stopping. I thought, ‘typical a €500,000 car by the canal, probably a guy working in the district’. I saw the car again and again, then I saw the owner walking from the car to the parking meter to pay. Parking meters in Amsterdam are some of the most
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