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Sauna
Sauna
Tompkins County, NY, United States
Special Mention, 2023 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Joy
Project Featured on Mar 04, 2024
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Sauna
Tompkins County, NY, United States
Special Mention, 2023 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Joy
Project Featured on Mar 04, 2024
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The Sauna is a small oasis located in upstate New York. Partially embedded within a hillside along the western edge of Cayuga Lake, the project embraces its context while attempting to blur the boundaries between natural and artificial landscapes.
Situated in a region known for its sedimentary rock formations, the majority of the project’s exterior is composed of horizontal board-formed concrete striations to reflect local geological shale outcroppings found throughout the site. A single large glass surface contrasts the concrete shell while simultaneously offering reflections of the surrounding landscape when viewed from the exterior. Once inside, visitors are met with a contrast of warmth and comfort provided by the cedar-clad surfaces. With seating designed to be facing outward, visitors are offered unobstructed views of the lake beyond through the floor-to-ceiling glass pivot door while relaxing inside the sauna.
The project aims to take advantage of thermal properties found through its insertion into the natural hillside and its heavy concrete exterior shell to provide the necessary heat retention when inside the structure. An active green roof full of local plants and foliage attempts to minimize the project's impact on the surrounding environment by distorting the separation between the natural landscape and the manmade.
As the project ages and the plantings mature, the sauna will ultimately succumb to its environment and further blend into the landscape it is sited within.
Situated in a region known for its sedimentary rock formations, the majority of the project’s exterior is composed of horizontal board-formed concrete striations to reflect local geological shale outcroppings found throughout the site. A single large glass surface contrasts the concrete shell while simultaneously offering reflections of the surrounding landscape when viewed from the exterior. Once inside, visitors are met with a contrast of warmth and comfort provided by the cedar-clad surfaces. With seating designed to be facing outward, visitors are offered unobstructed views of the lake beyond through the floor-to-ceiling glass pivot door while relaxing inside the sauna.
The project aims to take advantage of thermal properties found through its insertion into the natural hillside and its heavy concrete exterior shell to provide the necessary heat retention when inside the structure. An active green roof full of local plants and foliage attempts to minimize the project's impact on the surrounding environment by distorting the separation between the natural landscape and the manmade.
As the project ages and the plantings mature, the sauna will ultimately succumb to its environment and further blend into the landscape it is sited within.
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