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Dining Table

A Place to Bathe

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After researching private baths, I found that only royalty used to bathe alone. I took the idea of royalty, and my own interpretation of a "relaxing" bath and came up with this design.

The ramp circulates around the middle pool area to close off the center and make it more intimate and relaxing.
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The pool in the center has four walls surrounding it to close the space in. Waterfalls also come down from the walls so their is sound within the space. The only lighting in the space is underneath the waterfalls because I wanted to keep the room dark and intimate.
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The colors are all very dark to make the space appear smaller than it really is. There is one pop of color where the waterfalls are to add contrast. this color is purple, which represents the color of royalty.
When thinking about what I would want in a bathing situation, I felt that something closed in would be the most relaxing. This is why I created a room with enough space to allow for handicapped accessibility, but made it so the people can still be independent and relax all by themselves.

Urban Pathway

Cultural bathing Experience

Turkish Bath

Upon entering the hammam, you will find yourself in a dressing room, or camekan, which is surrounded by private cubicles where you dress. Your attendant will give you a cotton wrap, or pestemal, and a pair of slippers, or terlik, along with a key to your cubicle.

then you enter a warm room with a raised stone platform in the center, surrounded by bathing alcoves in pretty colored quartz tiles. The tiles are said to remove static electricity from the air and help relax the mind and body. Then, the lighting is diffused through glass in the ceiling to be soft and relaxing.

The stone platform is heated to work up a sweat, and then you are led to a basin to cleanse yourself.