The Shower Atlas
by Christina Battikha
The Shower Atlas tells an urban story of the body, the shower, and the city. It is the beginning of a contemporary city shower that argues for the increased accessibility and integration of showers in public zones, shared spaces, and urban schedules leading to a surge of creative, social, efficient, and productive spaces within the city. Shall we then regard the shower as a catalyst in the 24/7 city? Does it propose a 24/7 schedule of relaxation, solitude, and zero distraction? Or is it a generator of productive and efficient labour force within a city? The Shower Atlas is a social experiment that stretches the capabilities of the shower space beyond its contemporary, habitual, and almost surpassed implications. It calls for the integration of the shower as a celebratory urban event that is not only witnessed by the four walls of a shower but also by the greater walls of a city.
Work by: Christina Battikha
Work for: Contemporary Urbanism Proseminar FA 2022 taught by: Mohamad Nahleh
Christina Battikha / SMArchS 24’ / Christina enjoys the design process. She values architecture as a product of both thought and practice as she believes in a design that fosters both thinking and making. Christina seeks a design process of satisfaction, excitement, fear, anxiety, and pleasure; a journey into the unknown and a leap she always choses to take.
