Al Safa Spa
- Period
- 2008–2009
- Firm
- MESA Design Group
- My role
- Primary Junior Landscape Architect, documentation lead
- Disciplines
- Wellness Landscape, Hospitality, Design Development
A MESA Design Group project developed as part of a broader architecture and hospitality team. Work completed with MESA Design Group as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
Project imagery and photography courtesy of MESA Design Group.
Context
The spa landscape was organized as a sequence of arrival, central garden, aroma gardens, roof landscape, and smaller private garden rooms. The plan used sensory experience and spatial hierarchy to connect wellness programming with architecture.
MESA Design Group's role
Landscape architect for the spa landscape within the broader hospitality team.
My role
I served as the primary junior landscape architect leading documentation for the spa landscape. I coordinated the drawing work that developed the spatial hierarchy, arrival sequence, central garden, aroma gardens, roof landscape, and smaller private garden spaces into a coherent design package. The project was completed as part of MESA Design Group’s broader hospitality team.
Design challenge
Many small outdoor rooms needed to feel distinct while belonging to one calm, legible sequence. Privacy, movement, scent, shade, water, structure, and architectural interfaces all shaped the design.
Approach
A spatial-hierarchy diagram established the overall logic, then individual plans developed the entrance, central garden, aroma gardens, roof, and suite-level spaces.
Result
The team produced a coordinated concept and design-development package covering the full garden sequence.
Looking back
Al Safa shows how a clear organizing idea can make many specialized spaces feel coherent without making them feel the same.