Thermengruppe Josef Wund—Breathing Planet
Immersive Wellness meets Breathwork Practices
The Challenge
As the modern world fragments attention and flattens our relationship with nature, Thermengruppe Josef Wund sought a new kind of intervention. Following the success of Lupuna, the team invited us back to help them deepen their commitment to immersive wellness. The brief: build a meditative passageway that reminds people how to breathe—slowly, deeply, cosmically.
The Challenge
As the modern world fragments attention and flattens our relationship with nature, Thermengruppe Josef Wund sought a new kind of intervention. Following the success of Lupuna, the team invited us back to help them deepen their commitment to immersive wellness. The brief: build a meditative passageway that reminds people how to breathe—slowly, deeply, cosmically.
The Solution
Guests enter a semi-cylindrical vessel clad in hammered metal, its floor mirrored to erase the line between self and space. The entire structure becomes a breathing organism—inhale, exhale—drawing visitors into a dance between inner world and outer cosmos.
At its core is a resonant breathing sequence, synchronized with a five-second inhale and five-second exhale—the tempo of balance. This cadence is not arbitrary—it mirrors global air circulation patterns captured from NASA climate datasets, which we translated into slowly morphing light animations and geophysical soundscapes. The goal: activate parasympathetic responses through rhythmic visual and sonic coherence.
The light gently swells and fades like oxygen itself. The soundscape mirrors the animation: a low rhythmic pulse, layered with textures derived from geophysical recordings and processed to calm the nervous system. The result is a multisensory meditation: not to escape the world, but to sync back with it.
The Solution
Guests enter a semi-cylindrical vessel clad in hammered metal, its floor mirrored to erase the line between self and space. The entire structure becomes a breathing organism—inhale, exhale—drawing visitors into a dance between inner world and outer cosmos.
At its core is a resonant breathing sequence, synchronized with a five-second inhale and five-second exhale—the tempo of balance. This cadence is not arbitrary—it mirrors global air circulation patterns captured from NASA climate datasets, which we translated into slowly morphing light animations and geophysical soundscapes. The goal: activate parasympathetic responses through rhythmic visual and sonic coherence.
The light gently swells and fades like oxygen itself. The soundscape mirrors the animation: a low rhythmic pulse, layered with textures derived from geophysical recordings and processed to calm the nervous system. The result is a multisensory meditation: not to escape the world, but to sync back with it.
The Outcome
Immersive Horizon has quickly become a signature wellness intervention within Thermengruppe’s guest journey, offering a moment of stillness, reflection, and reconnection.
Guests consistently describe the experience as grounding, expansive, and emotionally restorative. The rhythmic breath pacing, coupled with the immersive audio-visual environment, creates a powerful sense of coherence, helping visitors transition from overstimulation to a state of calm presence.
From a brand perspective, the installation demonstrates how spatial design, sensory storytelling, and scientific insight can come together to deliver differentiated wellness offerings. It positions Thermengruppe Josef Wund at the forefront of innovation in hospitality-driven health experiences, where regeneration is not an amenity, but a principle.
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