Picket shingles cloak this stilted sauna, which structure studio Oslo Works has elevated over the rocky shore of Nesodden peninsula, Norway, for the local people.
Named The Hotspot, the picket construction is a brief ferry experience from the Norwegian capital Oslo and is designed to be adaptable, environmentally acutely aware and low upkeep.
It’s the newest addition to the rising variety of communal saunas within the area, which Oslo Works stated are sometimes created by native communities coming collectively to finance and construct them.
“A sauna is finest loved collectively,” stated the studio.
“This can be the rationale why sauna neighborhood tradition has been rising in Scandinavia the previous couple of years. Individuals are placing their forces collectively so as to finance, construct and share hothouse all alongside the shore.”
The Hotspot is split into two elements by a slim open passage, which results in the water and the washing ladder. The principle sizzling room sits to the left whereas altering and storage services are on the proper.
Guests are inspired to take a plunge into the icy waters earlier than gathering within the sizzling room, which is heated by a small woodburning range and has “breathtaking views” of Oslo’s skyline from its panoramic window.
Retaining deal with these views was prioritised all through the design, with Oslo Works creating a fabric palette that helps the construction to camouflage with its environment when considered from inland.
The principle room encompasses a rounded again wall lined in burnt and oiled pine shingles, enabling the cabin to mix in “among the many pine bushes and gray granite shore rocks”, the studio stated.
Wooden has additionally been used for the construction, with giant timber modules forming its body. This was chosen to assist minimise the embodied carbon of the mission.
A naturally dense insulation materials, the wooden additionally effectively shops the warmth contained in the cabin, whereas regulating the moisture generated from the sauna.
“The huge wooden components retailer warmth very effectively,” Oslo Works advised Dezeen.
“They isolate it from the chilly with out using insulation materials,” it continued. “By utilizing solely large wooden components and burnt shingles, the cabin additionally wants little or no upkeep.”
The Hotspot’s modular construction enabled the sauna to be simply transported to and constructed on the difficult-to-access web site, the place it now sits raised on steel stilts.
Its modularity additionally ensures future flexibility, with potential variations together with the addition of a roof terrace, further bathe rooms and the opportunity of being related to different “Hotspots” in a row.
“We hope that [the community] and different purchasers will need to use our design to arrange much more saunas sooner or later,” stated Oslo Works.
“The modular design is versatile and versatile for various wants and places.”
The recognition of communal saunas in Scandinavia may be traced by the area’s wealthy bathing historical past. Not constrained to remoted pure landscapes, public saunas have been put in on the coronary heart of dense cities, together with in Tampere, Finland, the place Studio Puisto designed one as a “communal front room”.
In Sweden, Raumlabor’s corrugated metal public sauna overlooks Gothenburg’s Port, defying conventional timber sauna designs to suit into this industrial panorama.
The images is by Marte Garmann.
