Sauna cultureSauna 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.

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Architects: Avanto Architects
Location: Hernesaarenranta 4, 00150 Helsinki, Finland

Architect In Charge: Ville Hara and Anu Puustinen, Architects SAFA

Client : Antero Vartia and Jasper Pääkkönen, Kidvekkeli Oy

Operator: Royal Restaurants

Area: 1071.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: kuvio.com

Project Management: Qtio Oy

Assistants: Antti Westerlund, architect SAFA / Hiroko Mori, architect / Laura Nenonen, student of Architecture / Xiaowen Xu, student of Architecture

Interior Architect: Joanna Laajisto Creative Studio / Joanna Laajisto

Structural Design: Ramboll ...