Whether for a few minutes, a weekend or a long vacation – spaces of recreation, in the present time, are available in a variety of forms and activities and pursue a wide diversity of basic methodological ideas. Far from being focused on productivity and efficiency, they allow one to unwind, contemplate, unravel and experience. This volume is intended to display a selection of projects, that have helped create harmony between architecture and the human body, initiating and inciting a sense of recovery with their structural and material impact. Concepts in this field have drawn abstracts from traditional constructions as well as modern spatial structures. The design forms the framework for relaxation and shape spaces to provide strength while enabling the mind to escape and reinvigorate.weiterlesen