The bar - complete with a cucumber canopy provides a unique space to enjoy a cocktail, glass of wine, cold beer or smoothie. Outside our beach-inspired shingle storage bays are perfect for socialising and sun bathing.
The spa - soothe your muscles in a traditional wood sauna and chill out in our circulation boosting ice room. For something more personal book a massage or manicure with our trend setting treatments.
Events programme – will run a rich and varied events programme with workshops, talks and discussions aiming to relax and inspire the mind.
Venue: Barking Bathhouse. Axe Street. Barking Essex. [5 minute walk from Barking station]. IG11 7LX. London. U.K.
Dates: to Friday 27th July till Sunday 16th September, 2012.
The building design
Drawing on the industrial heritage of Barking, as well as the aesthetic of darkened timber farm buildings found in nearby Essex and the wooden beach huts of Kent, Something & Son will combine functional design and new spa technologies to create the Bathhouse building. The clear roofed structure of the bar area will allow high levels of sunlight into the communal space. In the treatment area, strong spotlights will pinpoint areas such as the nail bar, creating some drama in an otherwise low lit, tranquil space. A raw aesthetic throughout will challenge traditional notions of ‘luxury’ while creating a blissful space to relax.
The pod-based structure, to be prefabricated and docked together on site, has been planned with the future in mind, and when the Bathhouse closes at the end of the summer the different pods will be separated with the aim of relocating them locally for continued use by the community, including local allotment owners, playgrounds and youth centres.
