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GP Public Baths

Zbigniew Markiewicz
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GP Public Baths
New York's time to relax - the historic way
Site - New York, Brooklyn
Typology - Public Baths
Sq ft - 80,000

The site is an industrial-revitalization zone ready for Greenpoint's future waterfront development. With soaring residential high-rise buildings being planned, this thesis project aimed to break the one-liner future housing complexes with an intriguing public facility that taps into the East River's history. Resembling the hull of an old wooden sea barge, the buildings south facade aims at opening its belly to the flow of pedestrian traffic and soaring upward in a massive cantilever pointing towards the Manhattan skyline. Public life can therefore move onto the facade and roof via recycled timber used for the stepping/structural shading. The north facade breaks the appearance of a typical street wall into an engaging play of stone panels extruded outward, revealing light for the thermal baths within. All this houses an enormous olympic sized pool, and focuses the periphery on the journey of light, water, and temperature for the users comfort zone.
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
A wooden barge ready to float away - held down by stones
Historic, Climate, Site analysis
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
Structural, Program elements
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
North facing wall-section
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
new york thesis Brooklyn waterfront east river wood thermal public bath stone
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