100°C Ice Sauna was a workshop on designing and constructing a working sauna made out of ice organized by the University of Oulu, Finland. The goal of the workshop - through a very complex process - was to teach the sauna designing principles to the participants; to design an actually working sauna made out of ice blocks; to find the solution for the seemingly unresolvable conflict between the function and the building material and get some experience in construction under extreme conditions.
The documented building is the result of a few days designing period and architectural discussions of a group of 25 international architecture students. The whole design and construction period was a week, including not only the designing but also the cutting of the ice blocks from the nearby lake.
The building was standing for 4 months and was operating for 3 months as a sauna.
The building was standing for 4 months and was operating for 3 months as a sauna.
section a I section b
100 C Ice Sauna, Oulu, Finlandworkshop
design: 2004
organiser: University of Oulu Department of Architecture
tutor: K2S Architects Ltd
architecture, construction: students of Modern Nordic Architecture Program 2003-2004, University of Oulu Department of Architecture, Finland
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