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Project • By Oslo Works • Individual Buildings
Hotspot
This communal sauna by Oslo Works is breaking new ground for cool cabins with a warm purpose. A sauna is best enjoyed together. This may be the reason why sauna community culture has been rising in Scandinavia the last few years. People are putting their forces together in order to finance, build and share hothouses all along the shore. The neighborhood community on Nesodden peninsula, a short ferry ride from the Norwegian capital, Oslo, wanted to increase their already growing number of common saunas.
Marte Garmann
They wanted an eco-friendly and social sauna with a breathtaking view. In this case Oslo Works has designed a Hotspot that really takes care of that.
Constructing a sauna has very few rules: it needs to be fa... More
News • News • 22 Jan 2021
Jod Schwefelbad bathhouse pays homage to the healing power of natural springs
Located in Bad Wiesse, a famous health resort on Lake Tegernsee in Southern Germany, Jod Schwefelbad by Matteo Thun & Partners is a new bathhouse that pays homage to the healing power of natural springs. Embedded in the landscape that surrounds, the design is informed by research indicating that people regenerate much faster and more sustainably in a pleasant environment with a connection to greenspace.
Jens Weber
The form of the building itself results from a carefully orchestrated progression of room sequences – from the most public to the very private. From the street to the forecourt, the entree, the atrium, the bathing cabin and finally the cabin’s private terrace.
Jens Weber
As one progresses through the bu... More