therme Jenina

Terme Jenina is located on the southern slope of Dobrova, above the Jenina valley. The topographically varied forested ridge is located between the Mislinja and Jenina valleys and extends north towards Slovenj Gradec. Its location is in a historically important transitional area between the Šaleška Valley and Koroška. Due to the thermal water deposits, the location is interesting for tourist development, but at the same time it represents an oasis of unspoiled natural environment, which needs to be preserved and carefully intervened in.

The concept of urban development of the area follows the existing landscape and settlement patterns. It consists of three program zones that follow each other along the bank from south to north and define a clear spatial hierarchy: a zone of wet meadows along the Jenina with a system of new accessible footpaths and an entry point to the nature reserve, a zone of park forest with a new circular walking path and an educational and adventure trail along the Jenina, and a zone of a new clustered forest settlement, which is adapted to the varied terrain with its building and settlement typology. The clustered forest breaks up the existing closed forest stand into transitional interspaces and clearings. At its edge, the longitudinal structure of the hotel is laid on the terrain as a long floating roof that surrounds the internal atrium. In the hinterland of the hotel, there is a clustered building of individual houses, which are placed between forest tree clusters and follow the edge of the steep bank.