Bathing is therapy that can be used to relieve the symptoms of work-induced neurosis. In the center of restless London, a part of Charing Cross station is altered in The Way of the Bathhouse. Merging relaxation and stimulus to traverse the maze put forth through the logic of a…
Bathing is therapy that can be used to relieve the symptoms of work-induced neurosis. In the center of restless London, a part of Charing Cross station is altered in The Way of the Bathhouse. Merging relaxation and stimulus to traverse the maze put forth through the logic of a tensegrity hybrid system.
The architectural strategies stem from existing bathing cultures of the Roman baths, Turkish hammams, and Finnish saunas where the traditional, horizontally organised journey is converted into a vertical maze, leading through different experiences on each floor.
Looking into tensegrities, the hybrid system uses string tension and the position of aluminium sheets to create a modular system that grows in the x, y, and z-axis. The metal sheets become components that use a series of cuts to allow interlocking between components, which reflects in the bathhouse design where components interlock with one another during aggregation.
