ABSTRACT
At first sight, the Hôtel des Thermes in Dax, designed by Jean Nouvel and Emmanuel Cattani, is very simple in its form and structure. It just seems to follow the lines of the plot, forming a rectangular building: four wings of hotel rooms around an atrium and also four storeys of rooms above two storeys of serving spaces. At one end of the atrium, the pool and the thermal facilities of the hotel are located. They dominate the atmosphere in the atrium.
