Location ······· San Francisco, CA
Published ······ Spring 2018
Theme ········· Communal Bathhouse
Type ······· Bathhouse
Published ······ Spring 2018
Theme ········· Communal Bathhouse
Type ······· Bathhouse
SPATIAL HALFS
Spacial half's made whole in the presence of water. This conceptual project is located on Hunters Point in San Francisco, an area that was once used in world war two as nuclear facilities, and that only slowing been regrowing from the waste it was exposed to. The project started with a series of rough "wet models" which were put under a faucet to see what instances could be created in the model as the water trickled through it. It was from these relationships of wet to dry areas that the concept was born.
Spacial half's made whole in the presence of water. This conceptual project is located on Hunters Point in San Francisco, an area that was once used in world war two as nuclear facilities, and that only slowing been regrowing from the waste it was exposed to. The project started with a series of rough "wet models" which were put under a faucet to see what instances could be created in the model as the water trickled through it. It was from these relationships of wet to dry areas that the concept was born.
The images below shows how when broken down, the structure would consist of layers of gently sloped floors. The sloping and floor change depending on program, and are shaped to catch water falling from above and redirect it according to the program below.
The form of the building is realized in iterations of foam and paper models bored out with a router. The concept behind the project came out of the models being tested with water flowing through the structure to simulate how it would act. Through these experiments came the discovery of water’s ability to divide an open floor plan into smaller more private spaces.