"We planned a sauna facility in Kasama City, known since the Edo period as a center for Kasama ware and ceramics. The site is surrounded by a complex mix of environments: scattered ceramics schools, art museums, and golf facilities, yet also densely lined with residential homes. As a facility intended for use without clothing, the site could be read as being in a four-sided siege situation, enclosed by buildings and open fields."
"Text description provided by the architects. We planned a sauna facility in Kasama City, known since the Edo period as a center for Kasama ware and ceramics. The site is surrounded by a complex mix of environments: scattered ceramics schools, art museums, and golf facilities, yet also densely lined with residential homes. As a facility intended for use without clothing, the site could be read as being in a four-sided siege situation, enclosed by buildings and open fields."
Kasama City has been a center for Kasama ware and ceramics since the Edo period. A sauna facility was planned on a site surrounded by a complex mix of programs, including scattered ceramics schools, art museums, and golf facilities, while also being densely lined with residential homes. The juxtaposition of institutional and domestic uses creates a varied and tight urban condition. The facility is intended for use without clothing, which frames the site as a four-sided siege situation. The surrounding buildings and open fields articulate an enclosure that informs privacy, circulation, and spatial planning for the sauna complex.
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