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Bathhouse

New York, NY

Pool area sits below a large pyramidal volume.

Wellness

Bathhouse is a distinct departure from traditional wellness models, filling a niche at the intersection of a no-frills banya and a luxury spa. Our design concept for the first Manhattan location—a three-level destination featuring thermal pools, saunas, and marble hammams—was inspired by the idea of the Hero’s Journey. Our goal was to create a new architectural language, allowing guests to feel as though they’ve discovered a slightly futuristic ruin from an ancient civilization.

Client
Bathhouse
Project Category
Wellness
Selected Awards
  • HD Awards: Best Wellness + Wellbeing
  • NYCxDESIGN Awards: Health+Wellness Winner
  • DNA Paris Design Awards: Interior Design Hospitality Winner
Selected Press
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Guests begin on the ground floor and descend down two subterranean levels, moving through a series of portals in a dream-like environment.
Bottom of illuminated staircase.
Ominous doorway with curved ceiling light source.

A vestibule features a mural by Dean Badger, one of many thresholds.

Black, mirrored portals create rhythm in the locker rooms.

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Glass pendants add shimmering, waterlike reflections. Stone benches and rainfall showers add a touch of luxury.

Bathhouse locker room entrance.
Bathhouse cafe area.
As guests emerge from the locker rooms, they enter the lounge and café for a moment of reprieve.
Bathhouse resting area.
Pool area sits below a large pyramidal volume.
The second subterranean level contains the pools and treatment rooms. Pools of various temperatures are lit in different tones of blue (cooler to warmer)

Glowing fields of colored lights ascend to unknown depths above the pools.

Bathhouse pool.
240108 Bathhouse Flatiron Dry Sauna 7860
A ceremonial sauna is lined in cedar with an altar-like central heater. Sauna Masters perform Aufguss, a sensory experience with scented oils, music, and, of course, heat.

The steam room is clad in Danish three-dimensional tile with strips of light for a mysterious focal point.

A tiled stem room with a wall-mounted light strip.
Pool area sits below a large pyramidal volume.
Doorway.

Inner Sanctum

A darkened, compressed corridor evokes a sense of anticipation on the way to the treatment rooms. Guests emerge into a small lounge area with another pyramid hovering over salt pool, and a travertine gradient feature wall.