The WelPod, Vancouver Building Unit, Canadian Residential Interior, Architecture Images
The WelPod in Vancouver
Contemporary Interior Architecture in Canada – design by Circle Wellness Studios
3 Mar 2019
The WelPod
Design: Circle Wellness Studios
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
The WelPod is an immersive and multi-sensory room designed to promote physical and emotional well-being. It is a modern reinvention of the sauna with many new layers of functionality and purpose. Expanding beyond the qualities of a typical sauna, the WelPod is designed for meditation, hot yoga, stretching, deep relaxation, and rehabilitation.

photo © Darcy Turenne
The WelPod provides undistracted sensory experiences courtesy of preprogrammed heat, sound, light, and airflow, allowing users to sequence events in the room based on a particular mood, activity, or desired outcome. A user-friendly touch switch allows users to create on-the-fly adjustments as desired as well.
photo © Darcy Turenne
The driving force behind The WelPod?s soothing environment lies in the innovative selection and use of natural, therapeutic materials in its construction. Glowing salt brick walls enclose a clean, open space while infusing a plethora of therapeutic benefits. In addition to storing heat and increasing efficiency, unrefined salt cleans the air, relieves skin problems, cleanses the respiratory system and emits negative ions, which elevates mood. A custom-built rail system is used to mount the salt bricks...