ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGNER FEATURES OF THERMAL SPA RESORTS

Abstract

This article is devoted to the architectural and designer features of thermal resorts, with regard
to solving the topical issue of forming and developing the Russian health-and-recreation base. The
urgency of this topic for the Ural region is explained. Brief information about the structure of the
ancient Roman thermae is given as of a special type of public facilities, which is considered as a cultural
and typological basis for building the modern thermal complexes. Historical and modern ways
of designing thermae are analyzed by the example of the Baden-Baden thermal complexes in Germany,
built in the 19th and 20th centuries. Their architectural, composition and space-planning solutions
are studied. The illustrations are given. The correlation between the architectural and designer
features of thermal complexes and the modern lifestyle is uncovered. The research draws conclusions
on the design specifics of the contemporary multifunctional thermal complexes and on the
perspectives of health-and-recreation tourism in Russia.