MITTAG - MCNAUGHT
Has a background in Sculpture & Printmaking from St. Olaf College (B.A. 2020), and a Masters of Architecture I Degree from the Yale School of Architure (M.Arch I 2025).
Currently living and working in Mexico City, Mexico.
Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Fall 2022, Core I
Yale School of Architecture
Can Vu Bui
Situated in Aoyama, Japan, this project revisits the rich history of the public sentō (bathhouse) in the urban fabric of Tokyo. On a street dominated by starchitect facades, this bathhouse scrutinizes internal experience to create a respite from the tall and busy cityscape.
In plan, the building responds to two grid logics: the existing city geometry and a sheared grid. The building’s entrance mirrors the street corner, and features a bandai/cafe. As one begins the bathing experience, the main path acts as a continuation of the public streetscape, gradually descending into the ground as the bathing process progresses through a series of ovular pools formally confronting both grid logics. After passing individual washing/outdoor spaces and a collective washing space, the progression ends in a circular outdoor air bath deep below the city plane.
In this sense, the bathhouse becomes a well within the urban condition.
Plan
Isometric/Worms RCP
Study Model
Unrolled Section, Embedded Worms Eye Views
Model Photo, Facade
Model Photo, Bath Entrance
Model Photo, Bath