As architects, we build flexibility into spaces to allow them the transform over time. Adaptable spaces that can easily covert to different uses are going to be key in the future of hospitality.

SB Architects’s has conceived of a series of adaptable healing spaces – Zomes – designed to awaken guests’ inner worlds while celebrating the culture, character, and soulful spirit of Portugal.

As designers, we are tasked with creating spaces that have an emotional impact on the user through materiality and the built environment, but also through the guest’s first impression and journey. When designing, we have numerous tools and ‘data points’ to draw from; intuition, history, culture, and most recently: digital data.