Actors in the design process (building owner, occupant, architect, etc)

-Hakim Ilmuddin Wazir Khan, Governor of Lahore at the time, was responsible for the
construction of both the Shahi Hammam as well as the Wazir Khan Mosque

-The hammam was meant for the general public.

-In the past, the Hammam was subjected to various uses including a boys’ primary
school, a girls’ vocational school, a dispensary and as an office for government
departments. The chambers in the northwestern part of the Hammam had also been
rented out as shops while additional ones transpired along the building’s northern,
western and southern exteriors

-Today, the Shahi Hammam is open to the public as a museum and WCLA (Walled City
of Lahore Authority) is responsible for its maintenance and management.

-There are attendants/ tour guides present at the hammam.

Vision or objective of the architect

-Designed as a public bathhouse not only for the inhabitants of the city but also for
travellers visiting it, the monument serves as an example of a Mughal community space
that provided opportunities for social interaction in the lives of the citizens. Travellers
would enter Lahore via Delhi Gate and would freshen up at the hammam, before
continuing onwards into the city.
-This public bath or Shahi Hammam, offered extravagant facilities like bathing,
massage, spa, sauna, ect.
-. The charges of all the services were minimal so that it could serve the masses and all
economic classes.
-If we look at the built of the Hammam and its locale, we see that historically and
geographically the existence of Hammam made sense at this place. The travellers would
enter the city of Lahore through Delhi Gate, freshen up in Hammam and then went
further for offering prayers at the Wazir Khan Mosque ahead. It is claimed by the
historians that there was a rest house (Wazir Khan Sarai) opposite this Hammam and
provided facilities to the travellers for overnight stays.
-Some historians’ claim, about its use, that it was meant for the royal females only
initially and later it was converted into a public bath, and few days of the week were
specified for the females, with female attendants.