Inhale, Exhale, Sag, Flex
A temporary bathhouse proposal
A temporary bathhouse proposal
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2020-Ongoing
Exhibitions:
Architectural League Prize, 2020
Working Remotely, a83 Gallery, 2020
Conversation: Practice Architecture Talks
Awards: Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design: Unbuilt Public Building, 2021
Project Team: David Eskenazi, Julie Riley
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2020-Ongoing
Exhibitions:
Architectural League Prize, 2020
Working Remotely, a83 Gallery, 2020
Conversation: Practice Architecture Talks
Awards: Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design: Unbuilt Public Building, 2021
Project Team: David Eskenazi, Julie Riley
The proposal is composed of two buildings, the steam house and pool house, separated by a stair. The steam house, flex, is enclosed by an expanding quilt of water bladders that fill up as steam evaporates and bodies exhale. The pool house, sag, is supported by a frame structure wrapped by building paper. The paper is periodically removed and dried once it becomes wet and soggy from absorbing pool splashes and shower steam. Both buildings are interior landscapes of curtains, pipes, water, steam, plunges, and bodies, where both architecture and people unrobe and collectively self-care.