Cabin cool, purpose hot, online booking: the Hotspot Sauna from Oslo Works.

Community

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.

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.   

Rules

Cons­truc­ting a sauna has very few rules.

It needs to be fairly insu­lated in order to heat up without using too much energy. It needs access to cooling water (or snow), and it needs a heating device. The rest is up to imagi­na­tion and buil­ding permits.

Oslo Works wanted to mini­mize the climate foot­print, as well as the visual domi­nance and main­ten­ance requi­re­ments. Hence, the cabin was cons­tructed of massive wood modules and clad with burnt and oiled ore pine shin­gles. The modules could easily be trans­ported to the not so acces­sible lot on the edge of the smooth seaside rock.