The SHA Wellness Clinic, a medi-spa in the Spanish village of Albir in the Sierra Helada Natural Park, will launch its new medical and wellness area by the end of the year.

The 2,000sq m (21,528sq ft) extension will double the size of the building and include a number of new facilities designed to offer guests an even wider range of macrobiotic treatments and anti-ageing programmes.

The existing facility’s architect –Carlos Gilardi – and interior designers – Elvira Blanco and Francisco Palacios – have designed the new building, which will have a minimalist, modern feel. New features include an indoor swimming pool, Pilates studio, a new fitness suite and an organic allotment that will supply the majority of the food served in the medi-spa’s Shamadi restaurant.

Some of the new programmes at the extended clinic include one on Alzheimer’s prevention and brain stimulation, liposculpting, hydrotherapy, hair loss therapy, plus regenerative stem cell medicine to prevent signs of ageing.

The SHA Wellness Clinic officially opened in 2009, focusing on a macrobiotic treatment plan called the SHA method, lasting a minimum of three days and a maximum of 14 days. The clinic is owned by the Argentinian Bataller family, which invested €50m (US$63m, £39m) in the project initially in 1990 when it moved to Spain.