Ottoman Hammam

Found in ottoman cities in Tripoli, Beirut, shouf, deir el qamar, and beittedine.
The composition of the city was based on the hammams from 1516-1918.
To encourage people to take a bath which was seen back then as a social event, where people
meet, have coffee, spend time and listen to music.
The week was divided into:
3 days for men.
3 days for women.
1 day for prayer.
Due to the expansion of the ottoman empire, they reached the Indian ocean and discovered
coffee which later on became the main trading product.
The Turkish bath is composed of 3 areas:
The frigidarium: cool area. Reception.
Its were the people meet after the bath, drink coffee and listen to music. Architecturally, it is the
largest space in the hammam with the highest roof dome, with a fountain in the middle and stone
seats surrounding the space.
Tepidarium: warm area, where the visitors have the hot water, hot vapor, hot platform, with
many small domes. The domes have glass elements inserted in order to allow light in and heat up
the space as well as lighting it up. (pattern of light and energy)
A caldarium: hot plunge bath area, used in a Roman bath complex.
This was a very hot and steamy room heated by a hypocaust, an underfloor heating system using
tunnels with hot air, heated by a furnace tended by slaves. This was the hottest room in the
regular sequence of bathing rooms; after the caldarium, bathers would progress back through
the warm bathroom to the cold-water room.