Tamer ElSerafi

advisor

Effat University

Saudi Arabia

Dr. Tamer ElSerafi is the Head of the Architecture Department and Director of the Master of Science… more

This project offers a bold and poetic reimagining of the Reservoirs de Passy as a vibrant public bathhouse and cultural hub, transforming industrial remnants into a theatrical space of bodily experience, social interaction, and architectural expression. The fragmentation of functions across various silos and volumes creates a layered spatial narrative that is both playful and critical, challenging traditional programmatic hierarchies. The design embraces and exposes technical infrastructure as an architectural language, achieving a raw and authentic aesthetic that resonates with the site's post-industrial identity. Particularly compelling is the way the internal organization is rendered legible from the exterior, offering a dynamic reading of space and function. A minor point for further development might include a more explicit articulation of accessibility strategies and energy efficiency measures, particularly in this humid and programmatically demanding context. Nonetheless, the project is conceptually daring, spatially rich, and elegantly provocative—an exemplary reinterpretation of site, memory, and ritual.