This proposal creates a new health + wellness center for the Georgia State community, which makes space for three global bathing traditions — Turkish Hammam, Finnish Sauna, and Japanese Sento — alongside two large event spaces, a cafe/juice bar, locker rooms, and classrooms for yoga, meditation + aerobic programs.

Additional design drivers & key moves include:

• Honor the existing scale and materiality of the Fairlie-Poplar Historic District with contemporary massing and detailing

• Meet the busy downtown sidewalk generously with a large urban porch, cafe and retail space

• Provide flexible large spaces for community gatherings and small performances

• Provide more intimate spaces for visitors to read, relax, have coffee and chat

• Provide a journey up through the building from large, public and open spaces towards spaces for individual bodies shielded from the outside world. Alternate spaces of passage and spaces of rest along the route.