Project Description
This Project was one of my first at Arts University Bournemouth, it is a modern interpretation of a Bathhouse in the centre of Upton Country Park. We then were tasked with the research into wellbeing and how it can influence leisure activities. I decided to create my bathhouse on the top of a hill overlooking Holes Bay.
The buildings are constructed with Rammed Earth with green roofs to encourage the bathers to feel connected to their natural environment.
When entering the bathhouse, you first go to reception where you will be guided to your own individual space, walking back outside into a courtyard filled with greenery connecting with tan canvas canopies, walking across a bridge over a flowing water feature, reminding the client the connection to water and natural space they were walking around in Upton Country Park, onto a central island. From there they must cross another bridge to their booked space, symbolising separating from others to enable a sense of reflection. Once in the bathhouse there is an indoor changing facility and a sauna. There is also an outdoor shower to refresh themselves before and after their bathing experience. Outside there is also the artificially heated bath. Each bathhouse has their own unique view across difference aspects of the park, making each visit unique and creating different reflection spaces.