Physical Culture & Bath Culture
Your stadium is the two-level Bedrock Aquatics and Athletics, designed by Vicky Charles. It offers 20,000 square feet of bodily bliss–from treadmill to weights to pickleball courts to cold plunges.
The crown jewel of the facilities lies in the spa, a maze of saunas, dip pools, and steam rooms inspired by the age-old tradition of social bathing.
In contemporary U.S. culture, the steam room, sauna, or plunge pool is a mainly tertiary activity post-workout. For others, it's the main event. Globally, bathing is a social pastime with geographically unique water sources and culturally specific rules, rituals, and etiquette.
The Japanese onsen, natural hot geothermal springs, are a place to commune with nature and neighbors. Historical texts refer to them as great levellers, where people of all creeds and classes come together to relax.
Hungary is also famous for its mineral-rich thermal pools, like those in Budapest, set amongst Baroque architecture in sprawling public parks. A visit to the baths is a day-long endeavor to be topped off with a pastry or bowl of goulash, at your discretion.
Finland is the unsung hero of sauna culture, with an estimated 3 million saunas for a population of over 5 million. The heated structures are also used as gathering places during holidays like Midsummer. They play an essential role in Finnish Christmas, with decorated sauna rooms and offerings left for the Sauna Elf.
And finally, the grand Hammams found throughout North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Southern Europe. Their history dates back at least to the 7th century, modeled after Roman thermae. Although they vary culturally and geographically, hammams share key features across their many iterations, namely the changing room, cold room, warm room formula, as well as the marble göbek taşı, or “belly stone.”
Our vision of the essential social spa experience lies 70 feet below street level in Moss’s two-floor Bedrock Aquatics and Athletics, designed by Charles & Co, incorporating elements of spas from around the world.
Spa Lounge
The Spa Lounge at Bedrock pays homage to the club’s namesake with custom Moss-colored leather serpentine banquettes to sink into after a long day. Clad in walnut and oak, the space evokes a glade, making it a perfect place to unplug and touch that proverbial grass.
Wet Lounge
The Wet Lounge is a water park of chill, tapping into many of the features and rituals explored above. A vitality pool, hot tub, and cold plunge pools recreate the therapeutic activities around which social bathing revolves. Reminiscent of the intricate stone and tile work found in Hammams, the space is blanketed in Emperador, Rojo Alicante, and Calacatta Golden marble.
Heated Hammam-Inspired Structure
With the heated Hammam-inspired structure, Charles & Co’s considered use of marble continues with mosaic flooring and ceilings, and Rojo Alicante benches that gently carry therapeutic heat as guests lounge and chat—our ode to the göbek taşı.
Men’s and Women’s Locker Rooms, Changing Rooms, Showers, and Grooming Studios
Another key stop before and after visiting the aquatic facilities is the changing and grooming areas for pre- and post-spa hygiene and maintenance. Throughout these spaces, Bedrock’s marble accents continue, accompanied by blue-grey wainscot paneling, leather seating, and rich walnut woodwork. A setting fit for a glamorous primp.