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Bath House Maruhon
Bath House Maruhon
Japan
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Bath House Maruhon
Japan
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2015
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
Maruhon Ryokan is a traditional Japanese-style hotel in Sawatari hot springs, Gunma, since the 1600s.
The bathhouse has an ordinary form with a gable roof, though a curved slab separates the interior of the bathroom on the lower floor and the rest space on the upper floor.
In the bathroom, people can enjoy the silence of the space and the transparency of the spring water, due to the curved slab chimney which generates buoyancy-driven ventilation without a fan and diffusion of lights.
And at the same time, this curved slab is used as the backrest of a big bench on the upper floor which lets people take a rest after bathing by feeling the outside view and wind from the big window.
We decided on the form of the curve by finding a balance between the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation of the air circulation and the coziness as a backrest.
The elements for creating a comfortable environment, such as light, air, and view, are combined by a curved slab, and a rich comfortableness is generated in a small bathhouse.
The bathhouse has an ordinary form with a gable roof, though a curved slab separates the interior of the bathroom on the lower floor and the rest space on the upper floor.
In the bathroom, people can enjoy the silence of the space and the transparency of the spring water, due to the curved slab chimney which generates buoyancy-driven ventilation without a fan and diffusion of lights.
And at the same time, this curved slab is used as the backrest of a big bench on the upper floor which lets people take a rest after bathing by feeling the outside view and wind from the big window.
We decided on the form of the curve by finding a balance between the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation of the air circulation and the coziness as a backrest.
The elements for creating a comfortable environment, such as light, air, and view, are combined by a curved slab, and a rich comfortableness is generated in a small bathhouse.
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