Our Story
TUBPANGA
Intentional Bathing, Inspired Living
Tubpanga is Los Angeles’ premier alfresco bathing design studio. We design and build outdoor bathing spaces rooted in ritual, nature, and thoughtful craftsmanship. These spaces typically feature saunas, cold plunges, showers, decks, hot tubs, patios and water features.
With build teams in Los Angeles and New York’s Hudson Valley, we create environments that feel both deeply personal and connected to place.
From the first sketch to the final install, each space is designed to restore rhythm: hot and cold, stillness and sensation, structure and landscape working in quiet harmony.
“The goal is always to create a space that transports - that invites the nervous system to slow down, even though you’re still in your own backyard.”
- Lucas Mcgowen, Founder
Every project starts with a conversation, and unfolds into something entirely of its own.
The Alfresco Experience
We believe bathing outdoors is as natural as breathing or making love.
We believe bathing outdoors is a necessary exercise for good mental health.
We believe bathing outdoors, especially with heated water on a chilly afternoon, to be one of greatest visceral luxuries one can experience in a human body.
/al ˈfreskō/
adverb
adverb: alfresco
- (especially with reference to bathing) in the open air. "in the likely event of some sunshine you should definitely bathe al fresco"
adjective
adjective: alfresco
- done or experienced in the open air.