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Technical gazette, Vol. 32 No. 2, 2025.

Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20240530001714

Evaluating the Spatial and Functional Characteristics of Existing Spa Hotels - Case Study of Serbian Spas

Marko Nikolić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2953-4607 ; University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia *
Milan Brzaković ; University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Aleksandar Milojković ; University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Danica Stanković orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9337-636X ; University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

Until recently, the capacities of spa hotels were primarily used for curative treatment and rehabilitation of the sick and injured. Such spa hotels do not meet the needs of today's extremely diverse customers. The continuous rise in the number and type of guests has conditioned their transformation, turning them into destinations adapted to the different groups of tourists they serve. Unlike buildings built during previous eras, contemporary spa hotels no longer represent simple accommodation facilities in the close proximity of public baths, but rather complex structures that offer a whole range of different contents under one roof. As a result of the previously described changes in tourism the majority of existing spa hotels built in the middle of the last century do not meet modern standards. The goal of this research is to determine the level of compliance of the spatial and functional characteristics of the existing spa hotels with the current planning and design regulations related to hotel buildings. Based on the analysis of current domestic regulations, a universally applicable system for evaluation of spatial and functional characteristics of spa hotels is defined and used for comparative analysis of the existing hotels and current regulations.

Keywords

evaluation; hotel architecture; regulations; renovation; spa hotel

Hrčak ID:

328652

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/328652

Publication date:

27.2.2025.

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