“Bath” City

Jingyi Sun

Supervisor: Vicky Lam

The idea of the ‘Bath City’ is to celebrate the significance and the history of the bath culture. While respecting the cultural and historical values of the Melbourne Urban Bath, this project challenges the potential to revitalize the Melbourne Urban Bath in the manner of transforming it into a vibrant and inviting public amenity that enhances user experiences and fosters local uses.

By implanting a bathing house into the centre of the building whilst maintaining the original façade and form, this project is seeking to maximize the preservation of the cultural heritage while allowing innovations for social transformations. In order to serve to the needs of today’s society – bonding and connecting, this project is exploring to offer an attractive open urban proposal which catalyses human connections and promotes a sense of community and belonging.

The ‘Bath House’ project acts as an urban catalyst that activates sensorial and physical experiences, at the same time boosts communications. In addition, in contemplation of encouraging the establishment of relationships between member and community, this project works as an urban visible joint that ties university and city by creating physical linkages.

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