Nowhere Baths is a gender-inclusive bathhouse located in Singapore’s Dempsey Hill, a former military compound. Housed in a refurbished colonial-era barrack, the project is conceived as a journey through shifting thermal atmospheres and sensory immersion. Elliptical volumes cradle the body and blur boundaries between architecture and nature. Framed views, infinity pools and softened light connect interior and forest. The use of textured plaster, terracotta tiles and corrugated aluminium, materials drawn from the site’s military past, are reinterpreted to create a tactile experience of stillness and renewal. More than a retreat, it is a space of presence, ritual and elemental connection.

Photography: Jovian Lim