*My, somebody's been watching a heck of a lot of Dunne + Raby.
SMIBE- The Radiance Resort from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/02/16/a-nuclear-health-spa-for-the-year-2030/
"A Nuclear Health Spa for the Year 2030
"Could Embracing the Possible Health Benefits of Toxicity Persuade Society to Accept Nuclear Power? Radiance Resort is a work of future fiction, it investigates a society obsessed with youth and medical miracle cures. (...)
"At the Radiance Resort and health club, lead-oxide textile shielding creates a varied landscape of gamma radiation. A hierarchy of treatments are offered, and radiation level is indicative of exclusivity. Guests can bathe on an incinerator ash beach, indulge in some uranium enriched super-food, or enjoy a radioactive seaweed wrap. You know what they say. If it doesn’t kill you, it only makes you stronger. Check out some of the spa-licious treatments available.
"Gamma Wave Pool
"A patient bathes in the radioactive water from the reactor.
"Exterior Perspective
"Lead clad arms wrap around a central nuclear reactor at different angles to inhabit different zones of radiation.
"Radiation Needles
"Filigree lead needles allow for the precise control of radiation.
"Nuclear Massage
"Patients are massaged with hazmat gloves....
"The Radiance Resort is a 2011 iF concept design winning entry!"
Designer: Rachel Harding
(((Especially beautiful graphics in that Yanko post, even by Yanko's generous standards.)))
