EUME
Spa and Wellness furniture design
Eume is a stool born from the tourist study of Pamukkale, a city in the west of Turkey, known for its natural hot springs and Roman sites
Pamukkale ("cotton castle" in Turkish) is a natural area and wellness tourist destination in southwestern Turkey.
It is a group of rock formations called travertines. Limestone cliffs slowly created over 400,000 years by the bubbling of mineral springs.
The mountain falls in the form of petrified waterfalls, filling it with stalactites and pools of shimmering turquoise water.
These hot springs lie beneath the Hellenistic city of Hierapolis, founded by the Attalid kings of Pergamon in the late 2nd century BC before being taken over by the Romans in 133 AD.
ANALYSIS OF
TOURISM AND
ACTIVITIES
Natural hot springs
Natural pools
Sunset
Private Spa
Archaeological Museum
The designed product must be in contact with the user, as well as facilitating and improving the experience in the Wellness destination.
Among the activities and tourist attractions, the thermal baths and natural pools are selected, as well as the sunset moment.
Natural hot springs
The natural hot springs are shallow
It is forbidden to wear shoes
Rough texture
Protected
Free access
Natural pools
Swimming among Roman ruins
Free access
Several in the area
Crystalline waters
Sunset moment
Most magical moment
No tourist facilities
Most visited moment
With this in mind, the product must:
Respect the environment
Mimic
Be adaptable
Be light
Reflect the aesthetics of the environment
Enhance the tourist experience
Non-aggressive materials
Transparent material/environmental colours
Soft/movable surface
Easy to move material
Roman ruins
Creating a sunset experience
the idea:
Small size stool for sunset moment
Inflatable / transparent material, PVC
Encapsulated sand in the lower area, adaptable to the support surface.
Outer surface formed by cylinders looking for to remember the Roman columns.
The challenge of this project was to create a product for a protected and delicate space.
The sunset of Pambunkkale is one of the main tourist attractions, however the space lacks facilities that allow users to enjoy the views and the environment at the most spectacular time of the day.
This stool solves the problems that the environment presented us with. Due to the protection of the terrain and its beautiful surface, the product had to be mobile, light and its base had to adapt to the surface without damaging it.
PVC external structure
Sand from the region encapsulated in PVC compartment
Inflated area seat
Counterweights
450
500
The combination of air, sand and PVC has allowed us to create a stool that meets all the points, adapting to the surface, mimicking the environment and making reference to the history of the place.
Made up of three pieces, the stool's geometry is inspired by Roman columns and the ruins that can be seen in the area.
The sand encapsulated in its lower part allows the stool to adapt to the surface of the baths without damaging them.
