Dar Hi, Tunisian Health Center, Hotel Architecture Development, Tunisian Spa Building
Dar Hi in Naftah, Tunisia
Health and Wellness Hotel Development, Tunisia – design by Matali Crasset
12 Nov 2019
Dar Hi
Architects: Matali Crasset
Location: Naftah, Tunisia

?Dar Hi is not a hotel nor a classical SPA but more a place where you can experience withdrawal and benefit from a spiritual thalassotherapy a few hours away from Paris and in the middle of the desert?.

Patrick Elouarghi

After the experience of the HI hotel in Nice, now Dar HI in Nefta which is the fruit of the collaboration between matali crasset, Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chapelet with a new concept of eco-retreat. Matali literally rose a citadel, from the sand, dedicated to well being. Protected by surroundings walls you find a composition of elevated houses that constitute the Dar HI as a small village. The overall architectural goal was to give a strong proposition while in harmony with the natural site and the local life.
Dar HI?s main colours are ochre and sand with a comprehensive choice of body and spirit care within areas that are private or communal, a pool, a restaurant and a Spa.

To access the Dar HI you walk towards it and this is the beginning of your stay. The car has been left further from the house. A discreet door leads you to imagine that you walk in a private house. The entrance, a corridor, a ramp is the last stop where you leave your ?codes? at the exterior. You take off your shoes ...