KAFD Portal Spas
Commercial | Hospitality
Architecture + Interiors
195,000 sf | 18,500 sm
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Two of the civic Attractor beacons of the urban King Abdullah Financial District, the Men’s and Women’s Portal Spas form the gateway to the masterplan. Seen as geologic formations rising from the land, they hover over a stone base, while the bodies of the buildings are dematerialized by an ethereal perforated metal shade-screen. At their core, verdant gardens are carved through all floors opening to natural light. The guest experience is choreographed on three levels of varied light: from sifted light in the atria, or dim relaxation of treatment, to the brighter vaults of the upper pools.
