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Gardens

Gardens

The raised area consisted of a shallow trench; in it were a few shriveled plants, however this room had the feel of a large sauna or bath house. I could imagine sauna rocks in the trench with patients sitting along the edge.

The last use of this room seems to be a canteen, as depicted in this 1992 photograph.
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Motts, were those columns actually painted green, or is this some sort of mold attack?
Twug
Mon 10-19-2009
Yeah it's actually some funky green-yellow mold, you can see a little on the floor, but for some reason they grow best on the columns.
Motts
Mon 10-19-2009
Nice!
crzwo
Mon 10-19-2009
Great craftsmanship went into those ceilings.
TootUncommon
Mon 10-19-2009
A tiled faulted ceiling? Very unique
Ferdy
Mon 10-19-2009
Oh lord, that's mold?! Oi...
Anyway, awesome ceilings, awesome detail.
think-purple
Mon 10-19-2009
mold.......ugh! But great photo
serenityjane
Tue 10-20-2009
For some odd reason this room looked like a spacious foreign restaurant.

But it looked cool even through mold's on those columns.
Hallucinator
Tue 10-20-2009
Now I wasn't expecting THAT...!
Kez
Tue 10-20-2009
that is one awesome photo ... congrats ..
nick
Tue 10-20-2009
Neat arched ceilings!
pumpkinprincess1979
Tue 10-20-2009
The garden areas in sanitariums are always so beautiful. This shot is absolutely amazing.
EchoRose
Tue 10-20-2009
Those arched ceilings seem to me as if they were based off of some sort of Spanish-Muslim type architecture from the 8th century....
Z
Wed 10-21-2009
Hi - First comment ever... Mott I envy you!

For the trench thing, seeing this is a German and therapy type place... I'd suggest that we're looking at a (and I'm not 100% sure on this)
Britabroad
Thu 10-22-2009
at a what?! don't keep us in suspense!
sneaky-sweep
Thu 10-22-2009
ummm Mayan, Mexican or ? very interesting tile
Lucielou
Fri 10-23-2009
the mold on the columns and that brilliant tile work, brilliant together!
jen
Fri 10-23-2009
would have never guessed that was mold on those columns. it looks like it should be there. I love this picture
binabinaaa
Fri 10-23-2009
Maybe that mold has an affinity for the type of paint or surface on the columns. Just goes to show tile lasts like freakin' iron!
AvalonSeeker
Fri 10-23-2009
Doh! Text got cut off! the rest read Kneipp Wasserkur - type of hydrotherapy - wiki Kneipp!
Britabroad
Sat 10-24-2009
This reminds me of another building you had with huge tiled ceilings....can't remember the one, but there just isn't those craftsmen anymore. The tiling is just amazing!
pegasus64
Sat 10-24-2009
I like those tiles and the vaulted ceiling.
jackieb
Sun 10-25-2009
this one is by far my favorite picture...beautiful!
Sasha
Mon 10-26-2009
Wow, the colors in this are too cool. So, that's moss on the pillars? Wow... it is so 'even' , it looks like a good paint job! The green goes so well with the yellow, esp. for a sauna room.
saywardstudio
Wed 10-28-2009
For some reason that room reminds me of either a middle eastern prayer room or turkish bath. Its the colors I know, but still.
LilMissSpelunker
Wed 10-28-2009
Jebus, is that some swell craftsmanship with them there vaulted, tiled ceilings or what? What a bitch it must have been to construct!
Lynne
Wed 10-28-2009
That actuall took my breath away, it was totally unexpected! Love it (including the moldy columns)!
Kathy W.
Sat 10-31-2009
Now this ceiling is amazing....Just think of all the time it took to do that ceiling...the mold on the columns is gross but the colors together are wonderful to see......interesting space & great pic as always , Motts!!!
blue lamp
Thu 11-05-2009
The architecture is mind boggling, I love it...
Misty Issel
Sun 11-08-2009
Although the green color sucks, since when its it ok to let architecture like this rot?
Pandora
Tue 11-10-2009
I like this particular color that mold imparts. It goes with the idea of TB. Check out Marcel Proust's Remebrance of Things past for the morbid depiction of how TB santitoriums affected society. Clear High Mountains in the Alps and blood imagery.
dixie
Tue 11-24-2009
That column in the back seems to be leaning. Illusion?
Jack_
Mon 12-14-2009
This looks to be in remarkably good shape
hyrulian
Sun 02-21-2010
Yes hyrulian, hey I've seen you here before. Last year. I was you but in a different name and now i'm me. It's not worth looking upwards, and if you do it will give you vertigo. LOL!

amusement ride is over.

Now care for a nice deep relaxing dip in the whirlpool. Watch for the spiders.
VERTIGO
Tue 08-03-2010
true italian masonry...
colin
Tue 12-28-2010
Oh wow! Beautiful!

I was digging those green columns til I learned it was mold.
potbellynine
Mon 04-11-2011

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