Completed views Shower

The structure was complete 3 1/2 days !!  A lot of muddy foundation digging. Some scary moments pushing up the first truss. Overall a fun time.  We have many more pictures to share and will be putting them  up soon.  Im writing  from a motel in the Berkshires between our visit to Hancock Shaker village and Mass MOCA.  Chris

massage 3d

first attempt at site collage

Latest renders

this site  is ready  thanx to Thad  and Moss.

Model studies

bracing.  the trusses are 3 feet apart at the bench end.

structure 3ds

The Massage trusses are higher in a series to give a vaulted ceiling.  Trusses are the most efficient way of using timber as they are braced triangles the members can be quite small using less wood.  The massage is more like gothic cathedral space so it might be the "cathedral of massage"?  There is a loose mushroom like shape with the sloped roof and small base with diagonal bracing under.

Here are 3 d renders of structure for the shower which is a series of trusses radiating around a connection to the rock.  

Shower Shroom

More detail emerging for the shower shroom.

Shower Shroom

Focus on shower.  Here is rock location.  Build on end of rock  with rock wall behind shower.  Curved screen wall outside edge.

Development Site

We have been developing different building types.  These are very rough images of work in progress.  Today we met the engineer again and have refined the structural details.  These will be in a later blog.  We are very excited with the project and everyone the stage today was very impressed.

Site Layouts with sauna performance hill in foreground. Massage, changing and shower in the back.

Coceptual  3d  of the Masaage Mushroom with wood strip screen.

Shower "mushroom" screen wall studies.