TYIN Tegnestue Architects

Safe Haven Bath house

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

SAFE HAVEN BATH HOUSE

TYIN Tegnestue

ARCHITECTS
TYIN Tegnestue

LOCATION
Ban Tha Song Yang, Myanmar

PROJECT TEAM
Andreas Grøntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad

CLIENT
Safe Haven Orphanage

BUDGET
22.500 NOK (Approx. 3,300 USD)

PROJECT YEAR
2009

Text description provided by architect.

TYIN tegnestue is a non-profit organization working humanitarian through architecture.

TYIN is run by five architect students from NTNU and the projects are financed by more than 60 Norwegian companies, as well as private contributions.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

Through the course of the last year TYIN has worked with planning and constructing small scale projects in Thailand. We aim to build strategic projects that can improve the lives for people in difficult situations.

Through extensive collaboration with locals, and mutual learning, we hope that our projects can have an impact beyond the physical structures.

The new bathhouse covers basic needs like toilets, personal hygiene and laundry. A simple structure was already built and became the framework for the project.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The most intimate functions are located in the two separate parts of plastered concrete blocks. In the central area you find a space for bathing that opens up towards the vast teak plantation.

The bathing area is only partly privatized, adapted to Karen culture. A tilted facade of bamboo covers the front of the building and creates a passage, tying the functions together.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

A great challenge in this project is that sewage and drainage had to be dealt with on-site and handle large amounts of water during the rainy season.

The waste from the toilets passes through pipes into buried. Concrete tanks that are drained from the bottom and sides.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
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Gravel and wooden floors are easy to keep clean and dry, and all wet rooms are drained by using layers of stone and gravel.

The existing sanitary facilities at Safe Haven Orphanage, as well in the district in general, are narrow, dark and have concrete flooring that accumulates water and dirt.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

With this bathhouse we have tried alternative solutions that hopefully will be an important asset in the future development in the district.

The climate of northern Thailand makes good personal hygiene essential to prevent diseases, especially for small children.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

With this bathhouse TYIN wanted to create well functioning and dignified facility for personal hygiene.

Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue
Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue


Safe Haven Bath house
© TYIN Tegnestue

TYIN Tegnestue Architects
TYIN Tegnestue Architects
Ormen Langes vei 12, 7041 Trondheim, Norway