Bagnino (2018)
Next to the palazzo Montecitorio, one of the monsters in the centre of Rome, a wasteland used as an open-air car park is one of the last unused sites in the Italian capital.
These public bath are inspired by the meeting of Arab and Roman culture. It is a construction that exposes the Roman techniques of plating and non-finito. The raw concrete is visible on the upper part of the barrels that contain the baths. The marble frieze is plated on a metal structure visible from the balconies that it shelters. The stucco base hosts the entrance and the changing rooms as well as a café facing the street. On the upper floors several spa rooms and a bar surround the central bath, at the top a sheltered terrace punctuated by two open-air pools and oculi complete the building.
Next to the palazzo Montecitorio, one of the monsters in the centre of Rome, a wasteland used as an open-air car park is one of the last unused sites in the Italian capital.
These public bath are inspired by the meeting of Arab and Roman culture. It is a construction that exposes the Roman techniques of plating and non-finito. The raw concrete is visible on the upper part of the barrels that contain the baths. The marble frieze is plated on a metal structure visible from the balconies that it shelters. The stucco base hosts the entrance and the changing rooms as well as a café facing the street. On the upper floors several spa rooms and a bar surround the central bath, at the top a sheltered terrace punctuated by two open-air pools and oculi complete the building.