ESPA at the Istanbul Edition by HBA

HBA London’s Inge Moore (one of London’s most in demand inte­rior designer and Prin­ci­pal) and Nathan Hutchins (HBA Lon­don Asso­ciate) cre­ated a con­tem­po­rary spa inspired largely by Turk­ish tra­di­tions, with design ele­ments that echo the Ham­mam cus­toms and atmos­pheric ele­ments of Istan­bul. This jux­ta­po­si­tion of the old with the new cre­ate a uniquely con­tem­po­rary and lux­u­ri­ous space. Ele­ments like embossed bronze floors, choco­late brown mar­ble, cast bronze sinks, walls of crys­tals and light­ing effect gives the spa a warm, rich and mys­te­ri­ous ambiance.






THE DESIGN

— Dark mate­ri­als include rich metal­lic woods, embossed bronze floors, walls uphol­stered in exquis­ite horse­hair.
– There are very few straight walls or cor­ri­dors in guest areas and that helps to make the spaces mys­te­ri­ous and allows guests to dis­cover new areas as they jour­ney through it.
— Opu­lent choco­late brown mar­ble and cast bronze sinks cre­ate a deep sense of calm and warmth through­out the Ham­mam.
— Mir­rored sil­ver glass tiles cover the pool and reflect the lav­ish gold fea­ture wall above.
— Crys­tals are del­i­cately inte­grated into the spa design in their most nat­ural state. Their faceted edges, which glis­ten in the light, rein­force the atmos­pheric feel while exud­ing a dis­tinct sense of lux­ury and ele­gance.
– VIP suite is dec­o­rated with pat­terned leather floors and smoked onyx walls


THE LIGHTING

- The play of light was one of the main com­po­nent in the design inspi­ra­tion and was drawn from the faceted cut out pat­terns found in a tra­di­tional Ham­mam.
– The lutron sys­tem installed in the treat­ment rooms is pro­grammed to have dif­fer­ent light lev­els through­out the vary­ing stages of the treat­ment: with a wel­com­ing level for arrival, a very low level for treat­ment, a another level for show­er­ing, and a level for relax­ation. The Spa has both pas­sive and active spaces, and the light lev­els reflect each space with the fit­ness room being the brightest







About HBA/​ Hirsch Bed­ner Asso­ciates
World-​​renowned as the lead­ing global hos­pi­tal­ity design firm and win­ner of six record-​​breaking awards (2010 Hos­pi­tal­ity Design Awards), HBA has over four decades of expe­ri­ence and thir­teen global offices (Head­quar­tered in Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia, and with 450 design­ers around the globe). HBA cre­ates the sig­na­ture look of tra­di­tional lux­ury brands, inde­pen­dent con­tem­po­rary bou­tiques, urban resort spas, world-​​class res­i­dences, restau­rants, casi­nos, and cruise ships. Some of their most famous project include the Man­darin Ori­en­tal New York and the island hide­away of One&Only Le Touess­rok Hotel & Spa in Mau­ri­tius. The Gallery is an inti­mate stu­dio of multi cul­tural design­ers spun from HBA DNA, nested in the heart of Lon­don. For more info visit: www​.hbade​sign​.com

About Istan­bul EDITION
The Istan­bul EDITION is posi­tioned in Lev­ent, a wealthy res­i­den­tial and bou­tique area in the heart of Istan­bul. Set to be one of the first ground­break­ing hotels out of the part­ner­ship between Mar­riott hotels and Ian Schrager — cre­ator of the world-​​renowned Gramercy Park Hotel. For more info visit: www​.edi​tion​ho​tels​.com/​e​n​-​u​s​/​#​/​e​n​-​u​s​/​h​o​t​e​l​s​/​i​s​t​a​n​bul

About ESPA
Founded in 1993 by Susan Harmsworth, ESPA is the world’s lead­ing total spa com­pany build­ing award win­ning spas in five con­ti­nents across the globe. Years of expe­ri­ence cov­er­ing strat­egy, oper­a­tional, con­cep­tual and devel­op­ment ele­ments of spas com­bined with as in depth knowl­edge of dif­fer­ing cul­tures, prod­ucts and treat­ments, result in a com­pany which is well rounded and gen­uinely com­mit­ted to inspired nat­ural prod­ucts, treat­ments and con­tin­ual spa devel­op­ment. For more info visit: www​.espaon​line​.com