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YEAR 3 // CONVERSATIONAL BATHS OF CORK

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A Turkish bath is a private place where one can relax and benefit through self contemplation. It connects with therapy on a personal level through cleaning the body and consequently cleansing the mind. As the Clare Journal writes, “no sea bathing or spa remedies can be so powerful an antidote as the influence of the Turkish bath to preserve the public health.” Parts of the building a site will have public spaces to introduce the luxury and relaxation of Turkish baths back to the people of Cork. The psychotherapy centre connect to the Baths and allows the therapists to continue their service in the baths. The Bath chambers are used as conversational instruments promoting and fostering conversation.
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Sound Walk Score

I recorded; composed and choreographed my own ‘sound walk’ through Nottingham’s Market Square and created a narrative piece which explores the relationships of the city’s soundscape. The sound takes you on a journey crossing thresholds and barriers of space combining reality and imagination. The composition of the sounds creates a sense of rhythm and time. In the piece you can eavesdrop on conversations of people passing by, and by doing so, you pick up pockets of conversation. The act of eavesdropping is one of the most natural arts of listening. One could involuntarily eavesdrop or could try to do so to gain information. The diagram shows the journey through the sound.
By drawing a notational score of the musical piece the characteristics of the spaces through the journey are expressed further showing a sense of rhythm and quality of the sound.
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Psychotherapy Through Spaces
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Sectional Study - The Ritual of a Turkish Bath

1. Change and prepare in the Frigidarium.
2. Open your pores by sitting in the steam room, 10 minutes.
3. Dip in to the ice plunge pool.
4. Move swiftly to the hot rooms, the first The Tempidarium.
5. Then to The Caldarium.
6. The next step is to go to the hottest of the rooms, The Laconium.
7. Dip in to the ice plunge pool.
8. Go back to the hottest room, The Laconium. Stay as long as you feel comfortable
9. Take a cool shower to bring your body temperature back down.
 
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Architectural Language of Hot rooms
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Site - The Grand Parade, Cork

The building will be situated on the Grand Parade which used to have part of the River Lee flowing through it until the late 1780’s where it was completely filled. It is the widest street in Cork. The site at the moment is a derelict cinema and the back is connected to the Grand Parade Market and subsequently linked to the English Market. The cinema closed in 2005 and before a cinema was Grant’s clothing and furniture shop. There were plans to demolish the old building and build a department store and apartments above it but this plan was scrapped because of the “economic crisis”. The alleyway behind the cinema connects to St Patricks street and the English market. The alleyway contains two connections that previously connected to workrooms and dining areas of the adjacent building to Grants clothing and furniture shop.
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
Isometric Drawing of Site
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Long Section

1. Changing Area / Collection of Towels
2. Steam Chambers
3. Ice/Water Fountains
4. The Tempidarium
5. The Caldarium
6. The Laconium
7. Plunge Pool
8. Monsoon Shower
9. Meditation Space
10.Frigidarium / Cooling Area
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Structure Section of Steam Chamber
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Axonometric Drawing of The Turkish Baths
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Short Section
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
vikash patel turkish bath baths turkish baths cork Ireland student detail construction section Plan model building wall water hot room steamroom Steam heat sweat swimming Pool chamber conversation talk speak spaces eavesdropping therapist therapy hydrotherapy
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