{"id":9024,"date":"2026-06-03T09:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9024"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:15:00","slug":"t-ark-architects-cloaks-laugaras-lagoon-in-iceland-with-grass-tent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/t-ark-architects-cloaks-laugaras-lagoon-in-iceland-with-grass-tent\/","title":{"rendered":"T.ark architects cloaks Laugar\u00e1s Lagoon in Iceland with “grass tent”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Icelandic studio T.ark Architects has completed Laugar\u00e1s Lagoon, a geothermal spa<\/a> topped by a grass-covered roof<\/a> with large parabolic archways that reference the region’s ancient cave dwellings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in Laugar\u00e1s, a 90-minute drive east of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, the two-storey, 3,000-square-metre wellness centre contains restaurant and spa facilities overlooking two stepped geothermal pools linked by a small waterfall.<\/p>\n

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T.ark architects has completed Laugar\u00e1s Lagoon in Iceland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Instead of drawing on Iceland’s dramatic sands and glaciers, T.ark Architects looked to the country’s southern landscapes of rolling meadows and woodlands, and in particular the region’s famous hand-carved caverns.<\/p>\n

These caves informed the glue-laminated timber roof that shelters Laugar\u00e1s Lagoon, which the studio described as a “grass tent” and that is punctured by large, parabolic-arched openings that frame the landscape and water.<\/p>\n

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It is crowned with what the studio calls a “grass tent”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Rooted in this quieter identity, the project draws from a man-made yet deeply organic terrain shaped over centuries through settlement and cultivation,” T.ark Architects partner Halld\u00f3r Eir\u00edksson told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The core concept became the farm mound, penetrated with cave openings. This landscape becomes both the spatial generator and the architectural language of the lagoon,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Its design references ancient cave dwellings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laugar\u00e1s Lagoon’s entrance is on its northern side and leads into a large, open reception and restaurant space. Here, partition walls stop short of the timber-lined ceilings to evoke the feeling of a “covered plaza” rather than an enclosed internal space.<\/p>\n

The restaurant was designed in collaboration with interior designer Anthony Bacigalupo and is finished in pink-hued travertine and clay-plaster walls made with local red gravel.<\/p>\n

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The entrance leads to a large, open reception. Photo by Maryna Kryvenda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Set back from the sloping arches that surround the building are fully glazed walls that give the lagoon’s changing rooms views across the upper pool, which was designed to frame a nearby river, bridge and mountains.<\/p>\n

By contrast, the lower pool was intended to feel more secluded, set against the backdrop of nearby trees and rough stone walls. These two pools incorporate swim-up bars and a cold-water plunge, while two dry saunas are housed within cubic volumes to the east.<\/p>\n