Garden Bath etc.
A shared interior garden.
A sanctuary in the city.
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From public bath
to interior garden.
Haggerston, London
Adaptive reuse proposal
The archive becomes a tactic of invention.
In 1904, architect Alfred Cross designed Haggerston Baths as a public amenity for a working-class neighborhood lacking adequate bathing facilities. Our project began with the rediscovery of the original architectural drawings. We carefully studied the plans, sections, and elevations, observing conventions that classified the programs, circulation, and materiality.
A site visit revealed the need to preserve Haggerston’s residential character from London’s culture of congestion. The archival drawings became a method for reviving this abandoned urban bath into a heterotopic garden retreat.
The former swimming pool is reimagined as a terraced indoor garden. Its slope becomes an introverted public passage between Laburnum Street and Whiston Road. A communal kitchen, accessible from the garden, supports everyday use and hosts local gatherings.
In place of the former laundry and ironing rooms, a more intimate bathhouse is repurposed. Existing courtyards, identified in the 1904 ground-floor plan, frame glimpsed views between the pools, the trees, and the meditation room.
Together, Garden Bath etc. reintroduces Haggerston Baths as a shared interior garden for the neighborhood—a sanctuary in the city of London.
