TEPID BATH

Built in 1938, the Tepid Bath owned by the Tasmanian Education Department, had been giving the generations of students an opportunity to learn to swim. This former Hobart icon however lies derelict and abandoned since its closure in 1998. Instead of water, its pools are filled with graffiti, rubbish and murky puddles.

The fundamental to this proposal is creating a vital, dynamic and socially inclusive complex that serves to renew and revitalise the urban environment in this area of the city of Hobart. Through the conservation and adaptive reuse of the Hobart Tepid Baths, we seek to engage both the history and the future of the city simultaneously through the act of architecture.