Project name:   A Sauna with a soul

　　Company name:  Paul Johann Magnus - Arkitektur & Håndverk

　　Project location:  Bergen, Norway

　　Completion Year:  2018

　　Other participants:   Lars Rumpel

　　Photo credits:  © Lars Rumpel / Paul Johann Magnus

　　项目名称：灵魂桑拿房

　　设计公司：Paul Johann Magnus

　　项目位置：挪威卑尔根

　　完成年限：2018

　　设计团队：Lars Rumpel

　　图片来源：© Lars Rumpel / Paul Johann Magnus

　　The small sauna was created during an exchange semester at the Bergen School of Architecture and was designed and built by me in cooperation with Lars Rumpel. The semester course, led by Marco Casagrande, dealt with traditional and engineered wooden architecture in Scandinavia. The idea of a 1:1 building was born on a field trip to Finland and got inspired by the examination and translocation of an old log house. The work on the project begun in October 2018 and was already tried out for the first time before Christmas by a local group of female winter swimmers “Lørdagspikene”, who meet every Saturday along the coastline.

　　这个小型桑拿房由Paul Johann Magnus与Lars Rumpel合作设计并建造完成。设计者在芬兰的考察中诞生了设计这个1:1 桑拿房的想法。这个小屋主要服务当地每周六来海边的女性冬季游泳运动员们。

　　100% wood - As a complete wooden construction, the building is intended to be a furniture and, therefore, uses appropriate joining methods. Instead of nails, screws and glue the main structure is kept together by wooden pegs, wedges and dovetail joints. The sauna consists of a closed core of freshly self-sawn boards, surrounded and stabilized by an outer frame structure made out of dry timber beams. These frames support the lightweight roof made out of reused corrugated metal sheets. The fresh boards are Norwegian pine from the nearby forest on mountain Fløyen. They were sawn into rough-cuts at the Architecture School and later mounted in random widths. The dry spruce of the external structure is standardized timber and also recycled material from a previous task.

　　设计师用百分百纯木材打造，采用楬、楔子和燕尾榫传统工艺将不同的部件连接在一起，而非采用现代的铁钉，螺丝等。主木材来自挪威弗洛延山附近的森林，是本土的松树，外部墙面木材是云杉，之前项目的回收材料再利用。

　　The rectangular floor plan is divided into an entrance area and the sauna room in a ratio of 1:2. The integrated seating and storage spaces on the outer structure offer additional qualities. An inviting entrance door with a small window leads to the changing room including hangers and a bench. A lower door connects the entrance room to the sauna, the low doorframe prevents hot air from escaping. This room is illuminated by two fixed windows and can be ventilated by the help of two ventilation flaps. One flap is mounted low behind the oven for sufficient oxygen supply and the other one is located on the opposite wall below the ceiling to regulate the exhaust air. The floor is made out of concrete panels which on one hand weigh the whole building down and also enable the water to seep through the floor. The L-shaped bench allows the seating on two different levels and includes the granite filled wooden stove. Furthermore, a stainless-steel pipe leads the smoke through the side wall to the outside.

　　平面图按照1:2比例分为入口和桑拿室。座椅和储物空间设置在了桑拿房外部。更衣室设有小窗，屋内含衣架和长凳，另外较低的门进入是桑拿房，这个高度是防止热气外散。房间采光来自两个窗户，借助两个通风阀来流通空气。地板由混凝土板制成，可以整体下压这个木屋，另外还可以渗水，L形长椅设置成不同的高度，木炉配有花岗岩填充，不锈钢管将烟气引到外部。

　　The building can be loaded onto a truck by a crane or a forklift and weighs less than a ton. Alternatively, to save space while transporting, it can also be demounted into individual wall-sections by removing the wooden nails.The design process combined traditional knowledge and craftsmanship but also an open experimental approach. Latest methods were challenged, and new solutions were found by trials. Therefore, the sauna can be seen as an experimental building which will provide further results and insights only as time passes.

　　Nonetheless, the sauna inherits its own vitality, it also creates social life and, thus, preserves a soul.

　　这个桑拿房可运输、可拆卸，总重量不到一吨可以通过起重机或者叉车装到卡车上。也可以拆卸成木板来节省运输空间。桑拿房的设计既结合了传统工艺，又采用现代的实验方法，可以把它看成一座实验性的建筑。随着时间的流逝，桑拿房会给出解答。

　　桑拿房有自己的生命力，创造了社交生活，因此我们称之为灵魂桑拿。