Arnold Rikli’s “atmospheric cure” model, which started in 1852, in the Slovenian town of Bled, is transported to the high plateaus of the Atacama Desert and is implemented there, to offer the Lickan Antay indigenous community the opportunity to recover their economy, culture, and natural environment. After repeatedly struggling with threats and invasions, like the Pinochet dictatorship, the community’s traditions and intangible cultural heritage has gradually diminished. The project seeks potential in the tourist industry (which is currently a threat to them), and attempts to transform it by proposing a platform that empowers the local community, giving them back the control over the land, environment, and traditions, and providing them with economic opportunities. Guests staying there will seek a spiritual isolation retreat with nature, and immerse themselves in the Lickan Antay culture. The design process starts from a single prototype unit, inspired by the spatial needs of different psychological conditions. These ways of inhabiting space are further developed and used as a metaphor that could later be applied to anyone. The prototype further adapts to the conditions of the site with the implementation of local materials and construction methods that come together to become the Health Retreat.