Article source: BaO

Shanmen bathhouse

Shanmen, a villagelocatedin the mountains near Tianshui in Gansu Province, asked BaO architects and the Children of Madaifuassociation to help them build a small community bathhouse. The villagers and the schoolshad no possibility to wash in the town since there is neither public facility of any kind, nor private bathrooms in the houses. The precarious hygiene conditions are source of many discomforts, infections, diseases, plagues and even outbreaks of epidemics.

Images Courtesy BaO architects

• ARCHITECT: BaO
• NAME OF PROJECT: Split bathhouse
• PLACE: Shanmen, Gansu, China
• CREDITS: Benjamin Beller _BaO architects
• YEAR: 2011
• PHOTO CREDIT: BaO architects

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