As one of its Culture Projects, Dornbracht is unveiling the first collection of sounds for ritual architecture in the bathroom. With ritual architecture, Dornbracht is opening up the way to a new mindset: It conceives of people as ‘bathroom dwellers’ - and not just as ‘bathroom users’. This creates a new function for the bathroom - as a habitat people can consciously experience. It fosters qualities that go far beyond the purely physical satisfaction of needs - qualities that transcend mere washing. These demands are reflected in bathroom architecture, design and materials. The bathroom thus creates an opportunity to define a new, immaterial approach to luxury. The luxury of a single, daily retreat where body, spirit, and soul can be rediscovered.
In addition to the work of pure product development, inspirations for this new direction can also be found in the lead bathrooms created for certain product themes. 2003 MEM - The ritualised ego-bath, oriented entirely around contemplation. 2006 Tara.Logic - the next step from the Private Spa to the Active Spa and 2007 ELEMENTAL SPA- a bathroom that places prime focus on water, with fittings that evoke the grace of springs, marking the watering places within the room. They are the origin of the architecture. The bathroom as a sanctuary for the soul.
The 'Noises for Ritual Architecture' soundscapes reflect the relationship between the space, the materiality and the movement within the MEM, TARA LOGIC and ELEMENTAL SPA. The range is being presented as part of a Sound Spa. For Milan, the SoundSpa - first presented on colognes Passagen in January 2008 - has been redesigned as a mobile exhibit. From Milan it traveled to other exhibition locations.
