Baths & Wellness Center

Atlanta, GA
46,500 Sq. Ft.
Institutional / Health

Proposal

Design Drivers & Key Moves

• 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 facilities for three global bathing traditions: Turkish Hammam, Japanese Sento & Finnish Sauna

• Provide flexible 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.

Drawing Legend