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Architects: Avanto Architects
- Area: 1071 m²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:kuvio.com
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Interior Architect: Joanna Laajisto Creative Studio, Joanna Laajisto
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HVAC-Designer: Optiplan Oy, Evgeny Nikolski, Aleksei Lätti
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Structural Design: Ramboll, Hans Wilkman, Teemu Nyyssönen
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Steel Structural Design: SS-Teracon Oy, Reijo Kytömäki, Ville Korkiamäki
Sauna culture
Sauna bathing is an essential part of Finnish culture and national identity. There are only 5,4 million Finns but 3,3 million saunas. Public saunas used to be common in bigger cities but now that most new apartments have sauna of their own, public saunas have decreased dramatically in number. There are only a couple remaining. As a sense of community is becoming a more and more important part of new urban culture, many new public saunas are being planned. With Löyly (meaning the steam that comes when you throw water on hot stones in a sauna) Helsinki will offer foreign visitors a public sauna experience all year round - a must when visiting Finland.
