A Quirky, Halotherapy Salt Room with Artistic Vision 11th December 2019 | IN HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS | BY SBID

Project of the Week: SBID Awards Winners 2019

This week’s instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features the SBID Award winning project for Healthcare & Wellness Design. The Salt Room encompasses innovative, receptive and modern design reflected through a prism of artistic and quirky vision. The actual halotherapy areas feature rare Himalayan salt decor accompanied by a relaxing café/retail unit and kids play area. The walls of the hallway and kids play area were hand created by an artist using all-natural paint to recreate a jungle themed fairytale trail. Diana Interiors Group used a creative approach to create space that promotes rest and calm, yet features a modern and artistic style.

SBID Awards: Healthcare & Wellness Design winner sponsored by the Stone Federation

Company: Diana Interiors Group

Project: The Salt Room

Location: Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

healthcare design, A Quirky, Halotherapy Salt Room with Artistic Vision

What was the client’s brief? 

The project was located in the heart of the city centre with a complete refurbishment required as the venue was previously a casino. The prime, busy location meant that a catchy design is needed to attract passing footfall. Overall the key factors outlined in the brief included:

  • Open, walk in spaces so clients can move freely from zone to zone
  • Casual spaces to allow client to escape from the stressful day-to-day life
  • Clean yet extravagant salt room areas
  • Kids playground area with educational activities zone and space for games
  • Chillout café area with commercial stand
  • Natural, organic look

healthcare design, A Quirky, Halotherapy Salt Room with Artistic Vision

What inspired the interior design of the project? 

Nowadays we live in dynamic, often stressful environments which impacts our wellbeing significantly, hence more spaces which encourage relaxation and care for our health should be created. With this project we recognised an opportunity to demonstrate that interior design can influence sustainability and has environmental impact. Our inspiration came from the theme of organic nature and personal wellbeing. For that reason, we intentionally used animal and plant wall drawings, as we believe children should be inspired to look after the planet from a very early age. Our studio was very keen to undertake a project within the Healthcare & Wellness sector as it shows that private commercial organisations can be responsible and promote sustainable practices. We believe this is one good of example of it.

Diana Interiors Group healthcare and wellness design for The Salt Room
Diana Interiors Group healthcare and wellness design for The Salt Room

What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project?

The Salt Room required enhancements to the heating, air conditioning, and ventilation systems in addition to the installation of a halogenerator to ensure that there is an effective, unchanging amount of the dry salt to be dispersed, and mitigate any corroding of the salt in the environment.

healthcare design, A Quirky, Halotherapy Salt Room with Artistic Vision

What was your team’s highlight of the project?

Harmonising zones with such a different purpose and infusing The Salt Room brand into the interior design. Certainly, the highlight of the project was the art work. Every single element of the wall drawings were hand created by an incredibly talented artist using all-natural paint. We wanted to recreate a fairytale from the entrance to the kinds zone, so we followed the animal pattern all the way through. It took us months of work, but we are very proud with the final result.

healthcare design, A Quirky, Halotherapy Salt Room with Artistic Vision

Why did you enter the SBID Awards?

Winning a SBID International Design Award is truly a high achievement, not only because these awards are recognised as one of the highest accolades in the interior design industry but also because they are an opportunity for a designer to find out what the public and technical experts think about their work.

It allows an artist to be at the forefront of design ideas and this is exactly what we aim to do in our studio. SBID Awards carry credibility and help build the reputation of a business, so every successful interior design studio would be thrilled to be among the arena of the finalists. The competition was very stiff, but we faced the challenge positively, and are extremely proud and honoured that our project was awarded.

healthcare design, A Quirky, Halotherapy Salt Room with Artistic Vision

Questions answered by Diana Shimbova, Group CEO and Lead Interior Designer at Diana Interiors Group

If you missed last week’s Project of the Week featuring a playful residential design with bold colour schemes and striking artwork, click here to see more.

We hope you feel inspired by this week’s Healthcare design! Let us know what inspired you #SBIDinspire

SBID Awards 2019 | Healthcare & Wellness Design Winner sponsored by Stone Federation