Week 2: Personal Bathing Experience

One of my most memorable bathing experiences was up north in some natural thermal pools on someones property. The baths consisted of holes dug in the ground that were lined with wooden planks. The water was so dark I couldn’t see my hands under he water. It was an odd and almost uncomfortable experience as it was night and we were surrounded by strangers but by the time we left, we had talked to a gotten to know people we may have never talked to otherwise. Bathing experiences are often a social and in public pools, communal. In my design, I want to look into how I can create social connections within the space. Society has become increasingly private but I want to create a comfortable and calming atmosphere in the space even though it is a communal space. I want to enhance the social connections we often miss living in today’s world.