Architects: FORMLØS Architecture, Alf Isak Nordli Location: Loddgard, Norway Program: Sauna Area: 7 m2 Year: 2012 建筑师:FORMLØS Architecture, Alf Isak Nordli 地点:挪威 Loddgard 项目名称:桑拿 面积:7平方米 竣工时间:2012年 特别鸣谢翻译组一组5号刘政和 Sitting on the brink of a waterfall near Loddgard farm in central Norway, the sauna, designed by Formløs Architecture, is simple and sculptural. As if cut from one piece of wood, the sauna hovers one foot above the ground and stretches out over the water. The idea for the sauna came from a wish to bring festival guests together in an atmosphere where all social constructions from daily life can be forgotten and the opera singer from the capital sits shoulder to shoulder with the local farmer. More images and architects’ description after the break. 桑拿位于挪威中心靠近 Loddgard农村的瀑布边,由Formløs Architecture设计,简单地好似雕塑。桑拿建在离地面1英尺高的的地方,伸向水面,好似一块木头中间被砍去了一块。建造桑拿是为了和最好的朋友一起相聚在一个可以忘记平日喧嚣的生活并与音乐为伴的地方。下面将有更多图片和描述。
Surrounded by dense forest you only hear the water flowing in the riverand the occasional strike of the axe as bathers chop more firewood for thewooden stove. The site itself and the walk up to it gave inspiration to thedesign. Arriving on a tractor road leading from the farm, you have to cross theriver on the farmer’s bridge to reach the bank with the sauna. This walk fromthe public to the protected and the entering of a closed room where you maywell sit all naked right next to a total stranger gave us the ideas for theorientation of the different parts of the structure.
The only window in the sauna room, sitting up behind the bathers’ necks,provides a view of treetops and the sky. The heat source is an old wooden stovefrom the farm. A small annex for changing clothes and storing firewood is addedas a freestanding continuation of the main form. The annex floor serves as abench for those who are out to get fresh air or who have just come up from thecold waters of the river after a dip. Once you close the door, it becomesdarker, and all you hear are the sounds from the fire in the stove and the hissof water thrown on hot rocks.
The sauna is an insulated stud wall construction in spruce. The tighteconomy of the project resulted in outer and inner cladding both being executedwith spruce planks of rough quality. This lends a ged feeling to thebuilding and reminds one of the local historical timber constructions. The buildingrests on pad foundations so as to make as small an impact on the groundvegetation as possible.
The project was built with the help of skilled volunteers and was finishedjust in time for the Fjøsfestivalen festival much due to the fact that Nordicsummer nights never get dark. FORMLØS architecture is very pleased to havegotten a chance to work so closely with the people who will use the sauna inthe future.